Robles v. State

MEYERS, WOMACK, JOHNSON, and HOLCOMB, J.J., joined.

The appellant was charged with felony driving while intoxicated. Tex. Penal Code § 49.09(b). Before trial, he offered to stipulate to the existence of the two prior convictions the State was required to prove, and he requested that the trial court prevent the State from introducing evidence of the prior DWI convictions. The trial court denied the appellant’s request, and the appellant pled guilty in lieu of going to trial.

The Court of Appeals reversed the appellant’s conviction concluding that, under our holding in Tamez v. State, 11 S.W.3d…