Legal Opinion
Perez v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 5, 2016No. 14-14-00887-CRPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
J. Brett Busby, Justice
A jury convicted appellant Rolando Perez of. felony driving while intoxicated (DWI). See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 49.04, 49.09(b) (West Supp.2014). After appellant pled true to the enhancement paragraph for two previous DWI convictions, the trial court sentenced him to 12 years’ confinement and a $5,000 fíne.
On appeal, appellant seeks an acquittal on the ground that the evidence is legally insufficient to support his conviction for felony DWI. We hold the evidence is legally sufficient for a rational juror to find beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant committed…
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