Court Opinion

ID: 9905358
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-11-29 09:08:06.103231+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:11.969276
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In the
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                   No. 06-23-00066-CR

              CODY WILLIAMS, Appellant

                            V.

           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

         On Appeal from the 102nd District Court
                 Bowie County, Texas
             Trial Court No. 21F1636-102

      Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
        Memorandum Opinion by Justice Rambin
                                      MEMORANDUM OPINION

           As a result of his violent encounter with a juvenile he met online, a Bowie County jury

convicted Cody Williams of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, in an

amount of one gram or more but less than four grams,1 aggravated kidnapping,2 unlawful

possession of a firearm by a felon,3 and aggravated robbery.4 The jury assessed Williams’s

punishment at four years’ imprisonment for possession of a controlled substance, fifty years’

imprisonment for aggravated kidnapping, eight years’ imprisonment for unlawful possession of a

firearm by a felon, and twenty years’ imprisonment for aggravated robbery. The trial court

imposed the assessed sentences and ordered that they run concurrently.

           In this appeal, Williams appeals his conviction for aggravated robbery.5                   Williams

contends that the trial court erred when it (1) struck a venireperson for cause and (2) denied his

request to sever the charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon for a separate trial.

           Williams raised identical issues and made virtually identical arguments in the appeal of

his possession of a controlled substance conviction. Because these issues are identical to those

addressed in our opinion in cause number. 06-23-00063-CR, we overrule these issues for the

reasons stated in that opinion.

1
    See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. § 481.115(c) (Supp.).
2
    See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 20.04(b).
3
    See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 46.04(a)(1) (Supp.).
4
    See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 29.03(a)(2).
5
 In our cause numbers 06-23-00063-CR, 06-23-00064-CR, and 06-23-00065-CR, Williams appeals his convictions
for possession of a controlled substance, aggravated kidnapping, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon,
respectively.
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      We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

                                                  Jeff Rambin
                                                  Justice

Date Submitted:      November 14, 2023
Date Decided:        November 27, 2023

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