Costilla v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
WOODLEY, Judge.
The offense is driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, 3 days in jail and a fine of $100.
The record contains no statement of facts.
There is one bill of exception. It complains of a remark of the attorney for the State in argument to the jury, objected to on the ground that it was a direct reference to the failure of the defendant to testify.
In the absence of a statement of facts we are not prepared to hold that the remark to the effect that the evidence introduced “is uncontroverted and undenied” was a direct reference to appellant’s…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Byers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
3Cited by2 opinions
- Bass v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Bass v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968