Ramirez v. State

OPINION

DIANE M. HENSON, Justice.

On March 2, 2007, a grand jury returned an indictment charging appellant Rolando Ramirez with intoxication manslaughter, a second-degree felony. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 49.08 (West Supp. 2008). The indictment included a deadly weapon allegation. On August 22, 2008, a jury found Ramirez guilty of intoxication manslaughter and found the deadly weapon allegation to be true. The judge assessed Ramirez’s punishment at eighteen years’ confinement. In three points of error, Ramirez argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial because (1)…