Ray v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HEDGES, Justice.
Elmo Jack Ray pled guilty to two indictments charging him with involuntary manslaughter caused by driving while intoxicated, but he did not admit the use of a deadly weapon. The trial judge found that appellant’s driving his car constituted use of a deadly weapon and sentenced him to seven and one-half years-confinement on each count, to be served concurrently. In one point of error, appellant attacks the trial court’s finding that appellant’s operation of his car constituted use of a deadly weapon. We affirm.
Facts
On November 15,1991, appellant was driving westbound on…
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