George v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

At approximately 1:30 a.m. on March 18, 2001, after hours of drinking, Gary Lynn George failed to negotiate a curve on South Lake Drive in Texarkana, driving his one-ton wrecker truck across the cen-terline and colliding with a Mazda 626 driven by Jessica Noel Smyth, killing her on impact. A jury in the 202nd Judicial District Court of Bowie County convicted George of intoxication manslaughter 1 and found he used a deadly weapon in committing the offense. George was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment and a fine of $10,000.00. On appeal, George…