Robles v. State

OPINION

ROSS A. SEARS, Justice (Assigned).

Appellant was charged with the felony offense of driving while intoxicated. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 49.09(b). In his motion to suppress, appellant stipulated to two previous DWI convictions and requested the State be prohibited from introducing evidence regarding the nature of his prior DWI convictions, citing Evidence Rule 403 and Old Chief v. United States, 519 U.S. 172, 117 S.Ct. 644, 136 L.Ed.2d 574 (1997). The trial court denied the motion, appellant entered a guilty plea, and was sentenced to five years confinement. We reverse the trial court’s…