Cody Williams v. the State of Texas
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Opinion
In the Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-23-00065-CR
CODY WILLIAMS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 102nd District Court Bowie County, Texas Trial Court No. 21F1635-102
Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Stevens 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 unlawful possession of a firearm by a
felon.5 Williams contends that the trial court erred when it struck a venireperson for cause.
Williams raised an identical issue and made a virtually identical argument in the appeal of his
possession of a controlled substance conviction. Because this issue is identical to one of the
issues addressed in our opinion in cause number 06-23-00063-CR, we overrule this issue 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 06-23-00066-CR, Williams appeals his convictions for possession of a controlled substance, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated robbery, respectively. 2 We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
Scott E. Stevens Chief Justice
Date Submitted: November 14, 2023 Date Decided: November 27, 2023
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