Dariel Deshaun Greenwood v. the State of Texas

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

No. 06-24-00140-CR

DARIEL DESHAUN GREENWOOD, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 5th District Court
Bowie County, Texas
Trial Court No. 21F1022-005

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

Appellant, Dariel Deshaun Greenwood, was convicted by a Bowie County jury of

engaging in the organized criminal activity of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, and he

was sentenced to life in prison. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 71.02(b) (Supp.).1

The evidence shows that Greenwood and three other men traveled from Memphis to

Texarkana with a plan to burglarize a home in search of “dope.” A co-conspirator, Courtney

Williams, testified that he soon after realized that there was more to the plan, including being

paid to shoot someone. While in Texarkana, the group worked together to break into one man’s

home, while armed, tied the elderly occupant up on the floor, took items from his home, and fled.

After burglarizing the first home, the group reconvened at a nearby house. They next went to an

autobody shop, where one of the members of their group exited their vehicle, went and shot the

victim, and fled back to their vehicle, where Greenwood drove the group away. Following the

shooting, they stopped to change clothing, and then Greenwood met with someone at a gas

station. The group then proceeded to the home of the shooting victim’s wife and broke into and

burglarized her home before the police arrived. Greenwood was arrested in a vehicle with

Alexander, driving away from the area of the second burglary.

In his consolidated brief, Greenwood purports to address all of his convictions.

Greenwood presents two issues in his brief, one solely related to the remuneration factor of his

capital murder charge, and the other a challenge to the continuity factor for all of his engaging in

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In companion cause number 06-24-00138-CR, Greenwood appeals his convictions for capital murder for
remuneration and engaging in organized criminal activity. In companion cause number 06-24-00139-CR,
Greenwood appeals his convictions for burglary of a habitation and engaging in organized criminal activity.
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organized criminal activity convictions. For the reasons stated in our opinion in cause number

06-24-00138-CR, we find that there was legally sufficient evidence to support the continuity

factor of the engaging in organized criminal activity conviction in this case. As a result, we

affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Charles van Cleef
Justice

Date Submitted: May 13, 2025
Date Decided: May 30, 2025

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