Cooper v. State

MEYERS, J.,

filed a dissenting opinion, in which PRICE, JOHNSON, and COCHRAN, J. j., joined.

The majority claims that the Court of Appeals has read too much into Nelson v. State, 848 S.W.2d 126 (Tex.Crim.App.1992) (plurality op.), cert, denied, 510 U.S. 830, 114 S.Ct. 100, 126 L.Ed.2d 66 (1993). Coo*226per v. State, 67 S.W.3d 221 (Tex.Crim.App. 2001) (hereinafter cited as “Majority Op.”). The Court of Appeals reads Nelson to stand for the proposition that although the immediacy of a theft is a factor to be considered when proving robbery, there must be additional evidence from which it can be…