Aliff v. State

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for felony driving while intoxicated. After the jury found Wesley Gene Aliff (Aliff) guilty, the trial court sentenced him to ten (10) years’ incarceration in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division. Aliff brings two points of error relating to the trial court’s refusal to include the defenses of involuntary intoxication and temporary insanity not induced by intoxication.

SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE

On September 28, 1995, Lieutenant David Wilks, a Midland police officer, noticed that Aliff was having difficulty…