United States of America v. Joseph Terrell Goody

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.



Defendant Joseph Terrell Goody is a gang member with a lengthy rap sheet. Goody committed his first recorded crime at the age of fifteen, when he fled from police.1 At age seventeen, Goody added a conviction for cocaine possession to his record. The next year, Goody broke down "the front door of a residence.” ROA.304. When inside, Goody pointed a gun at his victim and "demanded the keys to the truck parked outside.” Ibid. The victim "dove out a glass window” "in fear of his life.” Ibid. Goody was convicted of robbery.



That was only the beginning of Goody's criminal history. But to avoid belaboring the point, we omit the details of Goody's felony convictions for assault after beating his girlfriend on multiple occasions, deadly conduct after

firing ten shots at a group of workers doing a home roofing job for an elderly couple, evading arrest with a motor vehicle, and burglary. See ROA.305–06, 309–10; see also Texas v. Goody, No. 168605201010 (Tex. 262d. Dist. Ct.—

Harris Cnty. Jan. 18, 2024) (conviction for deadly conduct). Nor do we belabor the details of Goody's serial violations of previously imposed terms of community supervision by, inter alia, using methamphetamine and cocaine.

The Defendant was found guilty.



Affirmed