Cedric Deshun Alexander v. the State of Texas

In the
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-24-00097-CR

CEDRIC DESHUN ALEXANDER, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 5th District Court
Bowie County, Texas
Trial Court No. 21F1019-005

Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Rambin
MEMORANDUM OPINION

A Bowie County jury convicted Cedric Deshun Alexander of engaging in organized

criminal activity, a first-degree felony, and assessed a sentence of imprisonment for life and a

$10,000.00 fine. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 71.02 (Supp.). On appeal, Alexander argues that

the trial court erred by (1) admitting evidence of extraneous offenses, (2) failing to conduct a

Rule 403 balancing test before admitting the extraneous offenses, (3) allowing the State to make

inflammatory statements, and (4) allowing the State to reference the arrests and convictions of

Alexander’s alleged co-participants.1

Alexander’s points of error are identical to the ones he raised in his appeal under our

appellate cause number 06-24-00096-CR. For the reasons stated in our opinion in 06-24-00096-

CR, we find that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting the extraneous-offense

evidence and that the trial court presumptively conducted a Rule 403 balancing test when

admitting the evidence. See TEX. R. EVID. 403. We also find that Alexander failed to preserve

his last two points of error for our review. As a result, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.2

Jeff Rambin
Justice

Date Submitted: March 31, 2025
Date Decided: April 1, 2025

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1
In cause numbers 06-24-00096-CR and 06-24-00098-CR, Alexander appeals two other convictions for engaging in
organized criminal activity.
2
Alexander also argues that the cumulative effect of the alleged errors deprived him of a fair trial. Because we
overrule Alexandar’s four points of error, we also overrule his cumulative-error complaint.
2