James Tyrone Riggs v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
1Opinion of the Court
*273OPINION
TOM GRAY, Chief Justice
James Tyrone Riggs was convicted of the felony offense of evading arrest or detention with a vehicle. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 38.04(a), (b)(2)(A) (West 2011). He pled true to two prior felony convictions and was sentenced to 65 years in prison. Because Riggs was not harmed by the errors in the court’s charge to the jury at guilt/innocence .and at punishment, the trial court’s judgment is affirmed.
Background
Riggs was driving his convertible Corvette with the top down during the late evening of October 12, 2013. Officer David Haakinson, of the Hillsboro Police…
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