Court Opinion

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COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FORT WORTH

NO. 2-08-112-CR

JOSEPH MARTINEZ	APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS	STATE

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FROM THE 372ND DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY

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MEMORANDUM OPINION
(footnote: 1)

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In two issues, appellant Joseph Martinez contends that his convictions for possession and delivery of the same ten pounds of marijuana are the same for double jeopardy purposes and that the trial judge erred by refusing to include a jury question on possession of marijuana under five pounds.  We reverse the judgment as to the possession charge and acquit appellant on that charge only; however, we affirm the judgment as to the delivery charge.

The State concedes appellant’s first issue and asks that we delete appellant’s conviction for possession.  Accordingly, we sustain appellant’s first issue.

In his second issue, appellant contends the trial court erred by failing to include a question on possession of under five pounds.  But because by sustaining appellant’s first issue, we must reverse the conviction for possession, his second issue is now moot and we need not address it.
(footnote: 2)  
See
 Tex. R. App. P. 47.1; 
Dixon v. State
, 932 S.W.3d 567, 571 (Tex. App.—Tyler 1995, no pet.).

Having sustained appellant’s first issue and having determined that his second issue is therefore moot, we affirm the trial court’s judgment as to the conviction for delivery of marijuana, but we reverse the trial court’s judgment as to the conviction for possession of marijuana and render a judgment of acquittal as to that offense only.

TERRIE LIVINGSTON

JUSTICE

PANEL:  LIVINGSTON, GARDNER, and WALKER, JJ.

DO NOT PUBLISH

Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

DELIVERED: December 11, 2008

FOOTNOTES
1:See 
Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

2:When an appellant is convicted of two offenses that are the same for double jeopardy purposes, we retain the conviction for the most serious offense, which is the offense of conviction for which the greatest sentence was assessed.  
Ex parte Cavazos
, 203 S.W.3d 333, 337–38 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006)
.  Here, that is the sentence of ten years’ confinement for delivery.