Legal Opinion

Brister, Mark Randall

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 10, 2014No. PD-1545-13PublishedCited by 89 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · JghnsonJghnson, J.

in which MEYERS, WOMACK, COCHRAN, and ALCALÁ, JJ., joined.

A jury convicted appellant of felony driving while intoxicated (DWI), found that appellant did “use or exhibit a deadly weapon, to wit: a motor vehicle during the commission of the offense or during immediate flight therefrom,” and assessed punishment at forty years’ imprisonment. On direct appeal, appellant claimed that the evidence was legally and factually insufficient to support the deadly-weapon finding. The court of appeals sustained that claim, struck the portion of the trial court’s judgment that found use or exhibition…

3Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Drichas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  2. Denton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. Cates v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  4. Sierra, AntonioCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009
  5. Mann v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001

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4Cited by89 opinions

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  4. David Alan Daniel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  5. Pena v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017

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