Second Court of Appeals

Summaries of Civil Opinions and Published Criminal Opinions Issued - Week of June 12, 2017.

NOTE: Summaries are prepared by the court's staff attorneys and law clerks for public information only and reflect his or her interpretation alone of the facts and legal issues. The summaries are not part of the court's opinion in the case and should not be cited to, quoted, or relied upon as the opinion of the court.

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Lovett v. State, Nos. 02-16-00094-CR, 02-16-00095-CR (June 15, 2017) (Kerr, J., joined by Sudderth and Pittman, JJ.).

Held:  Where an officer providing security for a traffic stop instructed Appellant—a bystander filming the stop while carrying a deadly weapon—to disarm, Appellant refused, and the officer arrested Appellant without incident, the court held that (1) the evidence was insufficient to show Appellant intentionally or knowingly displayed his deadly weapon in a manner calculated to alarm but (2) the evidence was sufficient to show Appellant interfered with public duties.