Nargi v. State

OPINION

EDELMAN, Justice.

Appellant, Giovanni Antonio Nargi, challenges his conviction for driving while intoxicated (“DWI”) on the grounds that evidence of his intoxication was seized pursuant to an illegal arrest and should have been suppressed. We affirm the conviction.

At 3:00 a.m. on August 14, 1992, while assigned to the DWI task force, Houston Police Officer Maurice Gartman saw appellant run a red light at the intersection of Richmond Avenue and Greenridge Drive. Officer Gartman then clocked appellant driving 74 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone before making a U-turn through a second red light…