Aguilar v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CAMPBELL, Judge.

In January 1989, appellant Obed Lujan Aguilar was charged by information in Ector County with driving while intoxicated, conduct which is prohibited by Article 6701 l-l(b) of our state’s Revised Civil Statutes. In December of that year, a jury found appellant guilty as charged and assessed his punishment at confinement in the county jail for two years and a fine of $2,000. The Eighth Court of Appeals later reversed the trial court’s judgment of conviction, holding that the complaint underlying the information was void.…