Trenard Jermaine Smith v. State

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-17-00081-CR ____________________ TRENARD JERMAINE SMITH, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 359th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 16-10-12268-CR MEMORANDUM OPINION A grand jury indicted Trenard Jermaine Smith for the offense of engaging in organized criminal activity. See

Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 71.02

(West Supp. 2017). After pleading not guilty, Smith was convicted by a jury, and the jury assessed punishment at two years’ confinement in state jail and a fine…