Anderson v. State

OPINION

PATRICK A. PIRTLE, Justice.

Following a plea of not guilty, Appellant, Joseph Michael Anderson, was convicted of driving while intoxicated, enhanced, 1 and sentenced to thirty years confinement. 2 By a single issue, he maintains the trial court abused its discretion by sua sponte and pre-emptively forbidding defense counsel from comparing the burden of proof required in a criminal case with the burden of proof required in a civil case during voir dire. We affirm.

Background 3

During the early morning hours of February 11, 2009, Officer Michael Miller ob served Appellant’s vehicle exit a…