Vidal Garcia v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 19, 2008
• Docket: 06-07-00208-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-07-00208-CR ______________________________

VIDAL GARCIA, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 124th Judicial District Court Gregg County, Texas Trial Court No. 35121-B

Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss MEMORANDUM OPINION

Vidal Garcia has appealed from his conviction on his open plea of guilty to the offense of

evading detention with a vehicle. See TEX . PENAL CODE ANN . § 38.04(b)(1) (Vernon 2003). The

trial court sentenced Garcia to two years' confinement, to run concurrently with his fifteen-year

sentence in a companion appeal.1 See TEX . PENAL CODE ANN . § 12.35 (Vernon Supp. 2007).

Because the issues raised in each appeal are identical, for the reasons stated in our opinion

dated this day in Garcia v. State, cause number 06-07-00207-CR, we affirm the judgment of the trial

court.

Josh R. Morriss, III Chief Justice Date Submitted: June 18, 2008 Date Decided: June 19, 2008

Do Not Publish

1 Garcia has a companion appeal pending before this Court in cause number 06-07-00207-CR concerning his conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.