Blok v. State

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

NUCHIA, Justice.

We withdraw our opinion dated December 10, 1998, and substitute this opinion in its stead. A jury found appellant, Siert Martin Blok, III, guilty of involuntary manslaughter by driving while intoxicated (DWI), and assessed him 10 years confinement. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

BACKGROUND

On August 8, 1993, Elida Salinas was riding with her daughter down Voss road coming home from bingo. Appellant drove his pickup truck around a car stopped at the red light at the intersection of Voss and Highway 6, ran the red light, and broadsided the…