Legal Opinion
Sierra, Antonio
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 1, 2009No. PD-0018-08PublishedCited by 152 opinions
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OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, HERVEY, and COCHRAN JJ., joined.
The court of appeals held that the evidence was legally insufficient to support the jury’s finding that Antonio Sierra used or exhibited his vehicle as a deadly weapon while driving intoxicated.1 We disagree. A rational jury could have found that Sierra drove in a reckless and dangerous manner during the offense. We therefore reverse and remand this case to the court of appeals.
Background
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on August 20, 2005, Laura Pacheco and her boyfriend, Hector Salinas Almendarez, were leaving an…
3Cases cited11 opinions
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