Legal Opinion
Plummer, Marquis Andre
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 9, 2013No. PD-1269-12PublishedCited by 70 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, and ALCALA, JJ„ joined.
Appellant was convicted of unlawful possession by a felon of a firearm and possession of body armor. The trial judge entered a deadly-weapon finding in the body-armor case, and the question before us is whether, for purposes of Article 42.12, § 3g, the evidence shows that appellant “exhibited” the firearm in the commission of the offense of possession of body armor. 1 The court of appeals upheld the deadly-weapon finding, 2 and we granted review because this case raises an important issue of first…
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- Busic v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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