Clyde James Freeman v. State

OPINION

SHARON McCALLY, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of felony driving while intoxicated (DWI), and the trial court assessed punishment at forty years’ confinement. Appellant challenges his conviction in five issues, contending that the trial court erred by (1) releasing a defense witness from his subpoena; (2) denying appellant’s request for a jury instruction on misdemeanor DWI; (3) failing to properly charge the jury on prior DWI convictions with a limiting instruction; (4) improperly commenting on appellant’s guilt in the jury charge; and (5) denying appellant’s motion to suppress…