Roberson v. State

OPINION

RICK STRANGE, Justice.

The jury convicted Victor Lamar Roberson of engaging in organized criminal activity, assessed his punishment at seven and one-half years confinement, and fined him $7,500. We reverse and render a judgment of acquittal.

I. Background Facts

Chief Deputy Sheriff Winston Stephens clocked a vehicle traveling at eighty-nine miles per hour in a seventy mile per hour zone. He pulled the vehicle over and asked the driver for her driver’s license and for proof of insurance. She claimed that she did not have her license with her and, instead, gave Deputy Stephens her name and…