Hughes v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice MOSELEY.

Ricky Duryan Hughes appeals his conviction for driving while intoxicated (DWI), enhanced to a class A misdemeanor by a prior conviction for DWI. Officer Manfred Gilow, a police officer with the Longview Police Department, observed Hughes’ car in a parking lot of Teague Park legally parked with the headlights on. As Gilow approached, the headlights of Hughes’ vehicle turned off. Although he had not observed any illegal conduct and cars were often parked in this parking lot late at night, Gilow parked his marked police jeep at an angle to Hughes’ car and turned…