Vrba v. State

OPINION

REX D. DAVIS, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Lynwood Anthony Vrba of felony driving while intoxicated. The jury found that Vrba had been previously convicted of two felonies alleged to enhance his punishment to that for an habitual offender and sentenced him to sixty years’ imprisonment. Vrba presents twenty-seven issues on appeal. We will reverse.

In general terms, Vrba alleges that the court erred by:

• allowing the State to read its allegations of eight prior DWI convictions to the jury after the parties had initially stipulated that he was the same person convicted in two of them…