OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW BENAVIDES, Judge. Appellant was convicted of carrying a deadly weapon known as a “shank” inside a penal institution. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 46.11(a)(1). His punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, was assessed by the jury at confinement for life in the penitentiar…
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