Patricia Ann Tope v. State

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

Appellant, Patricia Ann Tope, was charged with the misdemeanor offenses of driving while intoxicated (“DWI”) and unlawfully carrying a weapon (“UCW”) in the course of driving while intoxicated. Appellant filed pretrial motions to dismiss and to conduct discovery and an evidentiary hearing related to the State’s refusal to consider her for the Direct Intervention Using Voluntary Education Restitution & Treatment (“DIVERT”) program, a pretrial diversion program available to some first-time DWI offenders in Harris County. The trial court denied her motion to…