Mike Acosta v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-96-00484-CR

Mike Acosta, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 167TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 0961043, HONORABLE TOM BLACKWELL, JUDGE PRESIDING

Mike Acosta, appellant was convicted of the felony offense of driving while intoxicated. Tex. Penal Code Ann. (West Supp. 1997). The jury assessed punishment at eight and one-half years' confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division and a fine of $5,000.00. Appellant challenges his conviction asserting that the trial court…