HERRING v. STATE

No. PD-0476-05.

202 S.W.3d 764 (2006)

HEATH MATTHEW HERRING, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Delivered: September 27, 2006.


OPINION

KEASLER, J.

While committing theft, Herring told Michael Jones that he had a knife and was going to take his money or kill him. Jones never saw the knife but "was pretty sure he had one." The Court of Appeals, with Chief Justice Gray dissenting, held that Herring's admission that he had a knife and his threat to kill the victim were legally insufficient to prove that he used or exhibited a deadly weapon.1 We disagree...

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