Dennis Buie v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-02-00280-CR Dennis Buie, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 390TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 00-1334, HONORABLE JULIE H. KOCUREK, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury found that Dennis Buie committed manslaughter when he drove a converted school bus that hit and killed a bicyclist. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. ' 19.04 (West 2003). Buie pleaded guilty to failure to stop and render aid. See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. ' 550.021 (West 1999). The jury assessed punishment as imprisonment for seventeen…