Legal Opinion
O'Brien v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 2, 2018No. PD-0061-16PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Newell, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Keller, PJ., Hervey, Richardson and Keel, JJ., joined. ALCALA, J., filed a concurring opinion. Yeary, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Walker, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which Yeary, J., joined. KEASLER, J., dissented.
A person engages in "organized criminal activity" if, with the intent to participate in a crime ring, the person commits or conspires to commit one or more of various predicate crimes.1 But in order to convict someone of "engaging," does the jury have to unanimously agree on the specific predicate crime committed by…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Ngo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
- Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Schad v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Richardson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Marc Wakefiled Dunham v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2018
- State v. Michael Lance Wood, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2019
- Jeffery Scott Estrada v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2019
- OWL Assetco I v. EOG ResourcesTexas Business Court · 2025
- Alejandro Caballero v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2021
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