Canida v. Texas (Original)
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Appellant Bobby Canida was convicted by a jury of manufacturing methamphetamine in an amount of more than one gram but less than four grams. He was sentenced by the court to eighty years' imprisonment after pleading true to the two prior convictions in the State's enhancement paragraph. Appellant appealed, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. The court of appeals agreed, finding the evidence legally insufficient to demonstrate that he manufactured more than one gram of methamphetamine and entered a judgment of acquittal. The Court of Criminal Appeals granted the State's petition for discretionary review to determine whether the court of appeals should have reformed the conviction to the lesser-included offense of attempted manufacturing rather than rendering a verdict of acquittal. The State filed a petition for discretionary review, arguing that the court of appeals should have reformed the judgment to a conviction on a lesser-included offense rather than entering an acquittal. The State based its argument on the Court of Criminal Appeals' decision in "Bowen v. Texas," (374 S.W.3d 427 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012)), which held that a reformation of a conviction rather than an acquittal was the proper remedy. The State contended the evidence in this case was sufficient to prove the lesser-included offense of attempted manufacturing of methamphetamine, he conviction to attempt, and that the case should have then been remanded to the trial court for a new hearing on punishment. On April 2, 2014, the Court of Criminal Appeals rendered its opinion in "Thornton v. Texas," (425 S.W.3d 289 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014)), which clarified the holding of Bowen. Because it was decided so recently, neither the State, the appellant, nor the court of appeals had the benefit of the Thornton decision. Therefore, the case was remanded to the court of appeals to consider the issue in light of Thornton.
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