Court Opinion

ID: 9768365
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:58:45.884999+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:39.816896
License: Public Domain

ODOM, Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the majority’s reasoning and conclusion that the evidence presented at trial is insufficient to prove the knife was a deadly weapon under V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 1.07(a)(ll). I cannot agree, however, that this conclusion supports the disposition of reversal and remand.
Under the evidence presented the only verdict a jury could properly have returned was not guilty. Under Burks v. United States, 437 U.S. 1, 98 S.Ct. 2141, 57 L.Ed.2d 1 (1978) and Greene v. Massey, 437 U.S. 19, 98 S.Ct. 2151, 57 L.Ed.2d 15, the proper disposition of this appeal is to order entry of a judgment of acquittal.