Legal Opinion

Hesskew v. Texas Department of Public Safety

Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)

Decided July 30, 2004No. 12-03-00263-CVPublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice.

An administrative law judge (“ALJ”) authorized the Texas Department of Public Safety (“DPS”) to suspend Amber Morgen Hesskew’s (“Hesskew”) driver’s license for 180 days. On appeal, the County Court at Law No. 3 in Smith County, Texas affirmed the administrative decision. In two issues, Hesskew contends that there was no evidence to support that 1) a traffic violation had occurred or that 2) Hesskew was intoxicated. We affirm.

Background

At 3:40 a.m. on Saturday, November 16, 2002, Officer Barry Goines of the DPS stopped Hesskew on Interstate 20 in Smith…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Mireles v. Texas Department of Public SafetyTexas Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Texas State Board of Dental Examiners v. SizemoreTexas Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Powell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1999

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Texas Department of Public Safety v. Raul Rene Castro, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2013
  2. Ayers, Matthew JamesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  3. Christopher Jaroszewicz v. Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2016
  4. Christopher Jaroszewicz v. Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015
  5. Christopher Lee Simpson Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2008

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