Rodney Camile Smith v. State of Texas

IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-00-00316-CR

RODNEY CAMILE SMITH,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

From the 258th District Court

Polk County, Texas

Trial Court # 15511

DISSENTING OPINION

Once again, I cannot agree to reverse a conviction because of something the defendant wanted. See Bryant v. State, No. 10-01-00280-CR, 2004 Tex. App. Lexis 2326 (Waco March 10, 2004, no pet. h.)(Gray, C.J., dissenting).

Smith stipulated to two prior DWI convictions. On the record, he admitted that by signing the stipulation, the State did not have to prove up the convictions and he would avoid discussion of…