Court Opinion

ID: 9668805
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 02:27:10.097675+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:51:13.021201
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ODOM, Judge
(dissenting).
I do not agree that the evidence is sufficient to support the verdict in this cause. At most, the evidence shows that a flag was displayed from a second floor balcony where it would be visible from a public street in the City of Dallas. The stars had been removed from the flag and symbols sewed in the locations where the stars had been; however, the testimony shows that this act was done in another state and, therefore, there was no desecration of the flag in the State of Texas.
The displaying of the flag where it could be seen from the street was certainly not in good taste, but I submit that such act did not cast contempt upon the flag.
I would reverse the conviction and remand the cause to the trial court.
ROBERTS, J., joins in this dissent.