Dennis Buie v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-02-00280-CR

Dennis Buie, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 390TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 00-1334, HONORABLE JULIE H. KOCUREK, JUDGE PRESIDING

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

A jury found that Dennis Buie committed manslaughter when he drove a converted school bus that hit and killed a bicyclist. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 19.04 (West 2003). Buie pleaded guilty to failure to stop and render aid. See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 550.021 (West 1999). The jury assessed punishment as imprisonment for…