Legal Opinion

Zubia v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 24, 1976No. 53260PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BROWN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for driving while intoxicated. Appellant waived his right to a trial by jury and entered a plea of guilty before the court which assessed punishment at three (3) days in the El Paso County jail and a fine of fifty ($50) dollars.

In his sole ground of error appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing appellant’s application for probation. While it is clear that the trial judge has absolute and unreviewable discretion to refuse or to grant probation, Trevino v. State, 519 S.W.2d 864 (Tex.Cr.App.1975), the essence of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Trevino v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Kemner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Thibodeaux v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
  3. Lopez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  4. Horne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Kemner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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