Dowdle v. State

OPINION

joined by McCORMICK, P.J., MANSFIELD, KELLER, PRICE, HOLLAND, WOMACK and KEASLER, JJ.

Appellant was convicted of engaging in organized criminal activity in violation of *234Penal Code § 71.02. He was sentenced to twenty-five years confinement and the trial court entered a deadly weapon finding. The Court of Appeals reformed the judgment to delete the deadly weapon finding. Dowdle v. State, No. 07-97-0264-CR slip op., 1998 WL 764691 (Tex.App.—Amarillo Nov. 3, 1998)(designated do not publish). We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to assess the Court of Appeals’ conclusion…