Abbett v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

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1. “... [T]hat JOHN CHAMBLESS on or about the 1st day of July, 1984, and continuing through on or about the 25th day of March 1985, A.D., ... in said County and State, ... did then and there enter into an unlawful COMBINATION which included among its members, BILL BANKS: JOHN CHAMNESS [sic]; MICHAEL CLARK, ALSO KNOWN AS, JAMES MONROE: HERSHELL SIDES: PAM WILCOX: BRYAN RUTH, KAREN DOMSON: KIM TIDROW GRAM-MER: JOANN BANKS: JAMES BAIN: BETH BIVENS, AND DARLENE LUNSFORD: hereinafter styled ‘members,’ which said COMBINATION was established, maintained and operated by said members to deliver a controlled substance, to-wit: methamphetamine in a continuing course of conduct which included the period beginning on or about July 1, 1984 and concluding on or about March 25, 1985; and ... that JOHN CHAMBLESS hereinafter styled the Defendant did unlawfully with intent to maintain and participate in said COMBINATION and then and there in Cherokee County, Texas, on or about July 1, 1984 and continuing until on or about March 25,1985 ... in said County and State did then and there, with the intent to establish, maintain and participate in a combination and conspire to commit the offense of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, listed in Penalty Group I namely methamphetamine, and in pursuant of such agreement, and in furtherance thereof, the said Defendants 3 performed overt acts as follows, to-wit: (1) On or about July 1, 1984, in Cherokee County, Bill Banks delivered a substance to Beth ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chambless v. State

2. “with the intent to establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or the profits of a combination, he commits or conspires to commit one or more of the following ... unlawful manufacture, delivery dispensation, or distributing of a controlled substance or a dangerous drug ... (emphasis ours).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Richardson v. State

3. “working together with a specified number of others in specified criminal activities.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Barber v. State