Legal Opinion

James Tyrone Riggs v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided December 10, 2015No. 10-14-00229-CRPublishedCited by 19 opinions

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…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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  2. Patrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. Arline v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Kirsch, Scott AlanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
  5. Medina v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Foster v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
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  4. Apolinar Vasquez Saucedo v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2024
  5. Carl Robert Toler v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2025

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