Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Defendant's assault conviction is affirmed, where the trial court properly included an instruction in the jury charge stating that voluntary intoxication is not a defense, and properly utilized that instruction's function to actively prevent confusion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/01/2009
• Published 07/01/2009

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Fernando Chacon, Esq., and Lydia M.V. Brandt, Richardson, El Paso, for Appellant., Lisa C. McMinn, Fiorst Asst. State's Atty., Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.