Trepanier v. State

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

Terry Trepanier’s Ford Bronco collided with and killed a bicyclist on February 3, 1995. A jury convicted Trepanier of manslaughter and sentenced him to seven years and six months in prison. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.04 (West 1994). Trepanier challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence supporting the conviction, asking us to reverse and render judgment of acquittal or to remand for a new trial. We will affirm the conviction.

FACTS

On the day of the accident, Trepanier was waiting at a red light on northbound Highway 183, a six-lane road. Several other…