Bobby Joe Gentile v. State

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS,

AT AUSTIN

NO. 3-92-418-CR

BOBBY JOE GENTILE,

APPELLANT

vs.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

APPELLEE

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 41,080, HONORABLE JOE CARROLL, JUDGE PRESIDING

A jury found appellant guilty of driving while intoxicated, felony offense. Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 6701l-1 (West Supp. 1993). The district court assessed punishment, enhanced by two previous felony convictions, at imprisonment for thirty-four years.

In order to convict appellant of this offense, the court's charge required the jury to find that he…