Joseph Clinton Edwards v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-23-00525-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG JOSEPH CLINTON EDWARDS, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE 36TH DISTRICT COURT OF ARANSAS COUNTY, TEXAS MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Benavides, Longoria, and Silva Memorandum Opinion by Justice Silva Appellant Joseph Clinton Edwards appeals his firearm smuggling conviction, a second-degree felony enhanced by a prior felony conviction. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 12.42(b), 46.14(b). Following a jury trial, Edwards was sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment. By two…