Barber v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

W.S. (Bull) Barber, B.S. (Buddy) Barber and Jean C. Brown were convicted by a jury of engaging in organized criminal activity. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Section 71.02. The Texarkana Court of Appeals found the evidence insufficient to support the conviction and reversed. Barber v. State, 668 S.W.2d 424 (Tex.App. — Texarkana 1984). We disagree.

The statute provides:

“A person commits an offense if, with the intent to establish, maintain or participate in a combination or in the profits of a combination, he commits or conspires *234to…