Legal Opinion
Freeman v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided December 17, 2008No. 10-07-00363-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REYNA, Justice.
A jury convicted Steven Douglas Freeman of felony driving while intoxicated, and the trial court sentenced him to forty years in prison. Freeman contends that the trial court abused its discretion by (1) excluding the testimony of his expert witness; (2) refusing to give the jury a spoliation instruction; and (3) declaring a juror disabled. We affirm.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Officer David Westmoreland stopped Freeman for traveling through a gas station without stopping, making turns without signaling, drifting onto the shoulder, and crossing over the center stripe. Freeman…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Keith William Moore v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2010
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