Legal Opinion
Cody Lang Thomas v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided November 20, 2015No. 06-14-00110-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice Burgess
Cody Lang Thomas pled guilty to theft of property valued at more than $1,500.00 and less than $20,000.00, a state jail felony. 1 He received a twenty-year sentence as the result of enhancements under Section 12.425(a) of the Texas Penal Code. Thomas appeals his sentence, arguing that because one of the prior convictions used to enhance his sentence was punishable as a state jail felony, under Section 12.35(a) of the Penal Code—even though it was actually punished as a third degree felony— use of that conviction to enhance his sentence. in this case was invalid.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ex Parte RichCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Levy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- State v. WebbCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Samaripas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
- Garza v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2009
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
- Dustin Wade Hestand AKA Dustin W. Hestand v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2020
- Shawn Patrick Thurman v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2021
- Teron Pratt v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2022