Carlos Quintanilla v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-07-00561-CR

Carlos Quintanilla, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF CALDWELL COUNTY, 421ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 2006-097, HONORABLE TODD BLOMERTH, JUDGE PRESIDING

O P I N I O N

A jury found appellant Carlos Quintanilla guilty of intoxication manslaughter and assessed punishment at fourteen years in prison and a $10,000 fine. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 49.08 (West Supp. 2008). Appellant contends that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to sustain the guilty verdict because the State failed to…