Legal Opinion

Hanna, Dana

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 9, 2014No. PD-0876-13Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0876-13 DANA HANNA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS LUBBOCK COUNTY K ELLER, P.J., filed a dissenting opinion in which K EASLER, J., joined. While appellant was driving while intoxicated, his car struck a utility pole. The pole was broken in half, with power lines spread on the ground. I believe that those facts, by themselves, are sufficient circumstantial evidence of causation (that the defendant’s crime of driving while intoxicated caused the damage to the utility…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  2. Kuciemba v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  3. Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  4. Idowu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  5. SCILLITANI v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010

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