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Abbett v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc
Jun 26, 1991
811 S.W.2d 604 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991)

Opinion

No. 815-85.

June 26, 1991.

Appeal from the 25th Judicial District, Gonzales County; Gus J. Strauss, Judge.

Thomas K. Robinson, Gonzales, for appellant.

W.C. Kirkendall, Dist. Atty., Gonzales, Andrew J. Forsythe, Austin, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON THE STATE'S AND APPELLANT'S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW


Appellant was convicted by a jury of engaging in organized criminal activity by conspiring to deliver methamphetamine and was sentenced to ninety-nine years' confinement. The Court of Appeals reversed appellant's conviction and reformed the trial court's judgment to reflect an acquittal. Abbett v. State, 694 S.W.2d 534 (Tex.App. — Corpus Christi 1988). This Court granted the State's and appellant's petitions in this case to review first, whether the indictment was fundamentally defective and, second, if the evidence was sufficient to prove that appellant engaged in organized criminal activity. Upon further review of the case, however, we find that the petitions for discretionary review were improvidently granted. Tex.R.App.P. 202(k). As in every case where we determine that the decision to grant review was improvident, we do not necessarily adopt either the language or reasoning of the lower court.

Accordingly, appellant's and the State's petitions for discretionary review are dismissed.

BENAVIDES, J., not participating.


Summaries of

Abbett v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc
Jun 26, 1991
811 S.W.2d 604 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991)
Case details for

Abbett v. State

Case Details

Full title:Ken Marlowe ABBETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc

Date published: Jun 26, 1991

Citations

811 S.W.2d 604 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991)