Legal Opinion
Contreras v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided August 9, 2001No. 14-99-01124-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORRECTED OPINION
FOWLER, Justice.
A jury found Emi Gutierrez Contreras (“appellant”) guilty of the misdemeanor offense of driving while intoxicated (“DWI”). Appellant was fined $250.00 and sentenced to 100 days’ confinement in the Harris County jail, probated for a period of one year. She appeals her conviction on six points of error. In her first two points of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in not allowing her to make for-cause challenges to two venire-members. In her third through sixth points of error, appellant contends that the trial court’s decision to allow the…
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