Cody Blake Barnes v. the State of Texas

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

No. 06-24-00232-CR

CODY BLAKE BARNES, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 202nd District Court
Bowie County, Texas
Trial Court No. 24F1098-202

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

A Bowie County jury found Cody Blake Barnes guilty of injury to a child and six counts

of abandoning or endangering a child. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 22.04, 22.041 (Supp.).

For the offense of injury to a child, the jury assessed a sentence of ten years’ imprisonment and a

$10,000.00 fine. For each count of abandoning or endangering a child, the jury assessed a

sentence of two years’ imprisonment with a $10,000.00 fine.

On appeal, Barnes argues that the State’s “indictment and jury charge were

multiplicitous, thus, violating the Appellant’s constitutional right against double jeopardy.” We

addressed this complaint in detail in our main opinion in cause number 06-24-00219-CR. As we

explained there, Barnes raised no objection to the indictment until after the State rested, failed to

either preserve or adequately brief any double-jeopardy issue, and failed to adequately brief any

jury-charge issue. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.1

Jeff Rambin
Justice

Date Submitted: August 8, 2025
Date Decided: August 12, 2025

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1
In our cause numbers 06-24-00219-CR through 06-24-00231-CR, Barnes appeals from other convictions for
offenses involving children, including aggravated sexual assault of a child, indecency with a child, injury to a child,
and prohibited sexual contact.
2