CHILDRESS v. STATE

No. 690-88.

784 S.W.2d 361 (1990)

Joe David CHILDRESS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George McCall Secrest, Jr., on appeal only, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty. Carol M. Cameron, and Jim West, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON STATE'S AND APPELLANT'S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of failure to stop and render aid. Article 6701d, §§ 38 & 40, V.A.C.S. The jury found two enhancement paragraphs "true" and assessed his punishment at sixty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

On appeal appellant contended that conviction for the offense of failure to stop and render aid...

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