Gentile v. State

A jury found appellant guilty of driving while intoxicated, felony offense. Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6701Z-1 (West Supp. 1993). The district court assessed punishment, enhanced by two previous felony convictions, at imprisonment for thirty-four years.

In order to convict appellant of this offense, the court’s charge required the jury to find that he had been finally convicted of driving while intoxicated in five causes: Bell County cause number 32,246; Bell County cause number 2C8148678; Burle-son County cause number 7732; Bell County cause number C7321622; and Burleson County cause number…