Dickey Ray Maupin v. State of Texas

Opinion filed October 21, 2010

In The

Eleventh Court of Appeals

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No. 11-09-00017-CR

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DICKEY RAY MAUPIN, Appellant

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STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 371st District Court

Tarrant County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 1097900D

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

The jury convicted Dickey Ray Maupin of felony driving while intoxicated, and the trial court sentenced him to fifteen years confinement. We affirm.

I. Background Facts

Benbrook Police Officer J. Hughes stopped Maupin for a traffic violation. Officer Hughes smelled alcohol when he approached Maupin’s vehicle and on Maupin’s…