Legal Opinion
Hawkins v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided June 10, 1998No. 09-96-180 CRPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALKER, Chief Justice.
Richard Lawrence Hawkins appeals his conviction for driving while intoxicated. After the completion of a jury trial, the trial court assessed punishment at 72 hours’ confinement in the Tyler County Jail and a $1400 fine. The court suspended the sentence and placed Hawkins on community supervision for 2 years. Hawkins raises three points of error on appeal.
Point of error one contends: “The trial court erred in not granting defendant’s motion for an instructed verdict and [sic] after the state had rested its case in chief.” A point of error regarding the failure to…
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