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Perez v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided January 18, 2006No. 10-05-00060-CRPublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

A jury found Appellant David Perez guilty of driving while intoxicated, and the trial court sentenced him to ninety days’ confinement in county jail (probated for two years), and a $600 fine. Asserting one issue, he complains that the trial court erred in denying his motion for mistrial concerning evidence of his post-arrest silence. We will affirm.

A Fort Worth police officer stopped Perez at 2:00 a.m. after observing him weaving and driving very slowly. Perez failed several field sobriety tests and was arrested and taken to jail. He failed a breath test, and…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  3. Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Ladd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  5. Dinkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. York v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
  2. Carballo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2009
  3. Lewis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2006
  4. Galvan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2010
  5. Andre Demont Thompson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2015

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