Cornwell, Robert William, PD-1501-14

Appellant Cornwell impersonated a public servant to influence a pending Montgomery County case.
Teaff, Montgomery County ADA, recorded conversations showing the impersonation.
Appellant claimed to have given his nephew ten days in county jail as a supposed official act.
Indictment charged impersonating a public servant with intent to induce reliance on pretended official acts.
Court of Appeals affirmed Cornwell’s conviction; this Court granted discretionary review.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Sufficiency of evidence for intent to induce reliance	Cornwell	Cornwell	Evidence supports intent to induce reliance on pretended acts
Materiality of variance between alleged and proved pretended acts	State	Cornwell	Variance immaterial; no fatal variance under unit-of-prosecution
Appropriate unit of prosecution for impersonation	State	Cornwell	Each act of impersonation with requisite intent is a single unit; multiple acts do not create multiple offenses

Brooks v. State, 323 S.W.3d 893 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010) (sufficiency standard; Jackson v. Virginia reference)
Cornwell v. State, 445 S.W.3d 488 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2014, pet. granted) (appellate interpretation of pretended official acts)
Garfias v. State, 424 S.W.3d 54 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014) (unit of prosecution considerations)
Gollihar v. State, 46 S.W.3d 243 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001) (variance doctrine framework)
Gonzales v. State, 304 S.W.3d 838 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010) (nonstatutory variances and juror unanimity context)
Isassi v. State, 330 S.W.3d 633 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010) (standard of review for sufficiency)
Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979) (sufficiency standard from a constitutional perspective)
Johnson v. State, 364 S.W.3d 292 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012) (two-step analysis for variance/unanimity)
Young v. State, 341 S.W.3d 417 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011) (unanimity requirements for conduct-oriented offenses)