Hollen v. State

OPINION

LEE ANN DAUPHINOT, Justice.

A jury convicted Appellant Gary Don Hollen of felony driving while intoxicated (DWI), and the trial judge sentenced him to fifteen years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In two issues on appeal, Appellant complains that the trial court erred in allowing the State to refer to his prior DWI convictions at trial after he and the State had stipulated in writing to the validity and finality of the two prior convictions for driving while intoxicated. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL…