Prichard v. State

OPINION

in which Keasler, Richardson, Newell, and Walker, JJ., joined.

This case addresses whether a deadly weapon finding is permissible for the use or exhibition of a deadly weapon against a nonhuman. In his petition for discretionary review, Robert Monte Prichard, appellant, argues that a deadly weapon finding is improper when the only thing injured or killed as a result of a defendant’s criminal conduct is an animal rather than a human being. Rejecting that argument, the- court of appeals upheld a deadly weapon finding in this case in which appellant was convicted of animal cruelty and the…