Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 30, 1996No. 13-94-268-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SEERDEN, Chief Justice.
Appellant was convicted by the court of driving while intoxicated. Punishment was assessed at a fine of $500.00 plus court costs and sixty days confinement probated for a period of two years. Appellant’s sole point of error is that the trial court erred by failing to properly determine that appellant knowingly and intelligently waived his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. We reverse and remand.
The facts are undisputed. Appellant was arrested on April 1, 1994, in Victoria, Texas and charged with driving while intoxicated. At the arraignment on April 8, 1994,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Burgess v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
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