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. T h i s 1

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three offe nses (not at issue he re) included: possession with intent to deliver a 1

controlled substanc e, coc aine, in an a mount of 4 g rams or more , but less than 200 g rams (Count

I I ); tampering with evidence (Count I I I ); and possession with intent to deliver a c ontrolled substance, c ocaine , in an amount of one g ram or mor e, but less than 4 g rams (Count I V). He was
sentenc ed to forty -five y ear s’ imprisonment on Count I I and to twenty y ear s’ imprisonment on

eac h of Count I I I and Count I V— with all sentenc es to run conc urre ntly

.c o n v i c t i o n w a s b a s e d o n § 7 1

. 0 2 ( a ) ( 5 ) o f t h e T e x a s P e n a l C o d e

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p o s s e s s i o n w i t h i n t e n t t o d e l i v e r i s n o t a v a l i d p r e d i c a t e o f f e n s e f o r e n g a g i n g i n o r g a n i z e d

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T h i s C o u r t i n i t i a l l y g r a n t e d t h e S t a t e P r o s e c u t i n g A t t o r n e y ’ s p e t i t i o n f o r d i s c r e t i o n a r y

r e v i e w t o e x a m i n e t h a t h o l d i n g

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c o n c l u d e t h a t o u r d e c i s i o n t o g r a n t r e v i e w w a s i m p r o v i d e n t

. W e t h e r e f o r e d i s m i s s t h e S P A ’ s

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D o n o t p u b l i s h

See T E X

. P E N A L C O D E § 71.02(a) (5) ( listi ng as a pr edica te for e ng ag ing in or g anized 2

criminal ac tivity : “unlawf ul manufac ture, de livery , dispensation, or distribution of a controlled
substance or

dang erous dr

ug , or unlawf

ul possession of a controlled substanc e or da ng erous dr

ug throug h forg ery , fra

ud, misrepre sentation, or dec eption”).

Parker v . State , No. 06-17-00167- CR, 2018 W L 1733969 (Tex. App.—Texarkana Apr. 3 11, 2018) (mem. op., not desig nated f or publication).

Id. at *4 n.8. 4