George Alvarez v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-24-00347-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG GEORGE ALVAREZ Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE 197TH DISTRICT COURT OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS OPINION Before Chief Justice Tijerina and Justices Cron and Fonseca Opinion by Justice Cron On May 7, 2023, appellant George Alvarez drove his vehicle into a crowd of people, killing eight and injuring ten others. As to each death, the State indicted Alvarez for both intoxication manslaughter and manslaughter, both second-degree felonies, see TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 19.04,…