Robert Akers v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 28, 1992
• Docket: 03-92-00054-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS,

AT AUSTIN



NO. 3-92-054-CR

ROBERT AKERS,

APPELLANT

vs.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

APPELLEE

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 147TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 0911661, HONORABLE WILFORD FLOWERS, JUDGE PRESIDING

PER CURIAM

A jury found appellant guilty of driving while intoxicated, felony offense, and assessed punishment at imprisonment for five years and a $2000 fine. Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 6701l-1 (West Supp. 1992). In his first point of error, appellant urges that he is entitled to a new trial because he has been deprived of a complete appellate record because an trial exhibit has been lost. Appellant relies on Durrough v. State, 693 S.W.2d 403 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985), and Sheffield v. State, 777 S.W.2d 743 (Tex. App.--Beaumont 1989, no pet.). But see Webb v. State, 760 S.W.2d 263, 276 n.19 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988). The State confesses error and concedes that reversal is required.

Point of error one is sustained. As a result, we need not reach points of error two and three. The judgment of conviction is reversed and the cause is remanded to the trial court.

[Before Chief Justice Carroll, Justices Jones and Kidd]

Reversed and Remanded

Filed:  October 28, 1992

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