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Ex Parte Jimenez

Citations

  • 361 S.W.3d 679
  • 2012 WL 385121
  • 2012 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 242

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  • holding that the State must prove the elements of an offense as they existed at the time the defendant is charged with having committed that crime
  • holding that the State must prove the elements of an offense as they existed at the time the defendant is charged with having committed that crime
  • holding that unlawful possession of a firearm is a status crime, and Applicant was not entitled to relief even though the predicate felony supporting his conviction had been set aside and the charge dismissed
  • noting that, at trial, 13 “[t]he State proved Applicant was a felon by introducing proof of Applicant’s prior felony conviction for rape of a child”
  • finding that subsequent reversal and dismissal of predicate felony did not render void an otherwise valid conviction for possession of firearm by a felon
  • “The State proved Applicant was a felon by introducing proof of Applicant's prior felony conviction for rape of a child”

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Judges: Hervey, Keller, Price, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Cochran, Alcala, Meyers

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