Moreno v. State

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of attempted capital murder of a peace officer and was sentenced to twenty-three years in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant brings five grounds of error on appeal. We sustain all five grounds of error, and we reverse the conviction of the Hal court.

Officer Salazar of the Houston Police Department was called to an apartment complex for an unrelated matter. While at the complex, the officer’s attention was directed to another disturbance involving appellant. The officer confronted appellant, who was intoxicated…