Legal Opinion

Gifford v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided October 24, 1990No. 05-89-00543-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BAKER, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of driving while intoxicated, assessed punishment at one year’s confinement in the county jail, probated that sentence, and levied a $750 fine. In his second point of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred by failing to charge the jury that it could not consider appellant’s intoxilyzer test results unless it found beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant was continuously observed for fifteen minutes immediately prior to the administration of the test. Because we find a fact issue on whether appellant was continuously observed for…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Harrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Howard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Sims v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1987
  4. Cody v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  5. State v. Kost, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1990

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Fisher v. City of EuporaMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. State v. Reed, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1994
  3. Atkinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
  4. Kercho v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1997
  5. Callahan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991

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