Maurice Mitchell v. State

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-00-00055-CR

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MAURICE MITCHELL, Appellant

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 202nd Judicial District Court

Bowie County, Texas

Trial Court No. 98-F-331-202

Before Cornelius, C.J., Grant and Ross, JJ.

Opinion by Justice Ross

O P I N I O N

Maurice Mitchell was convicted by a jury for possession of a deadly weapon in a penal institution. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 46.10(a)(2) (Vernon 1994). At the punishment phase, the jury found the allegations of the…