HOOKIE v. STATE

No. 06-03-00129-CR.

136 S.W.3d 671 (2004)

Ronald Gene HOOKIE, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided April 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex Tyra, Longview, for appellant.

Ray Bowman, Assistant District Attorney, Longview, for appellee.

Before MORRISS, C.J., ROSS and CARTER, JJ.


OPINION

Opinion by Chief Justice MORRISS.

One week after being cited for maladjusted brakes on his log truck and promising to adjust them properly, Ronald Gene Hookie was unable to stop the truck at a red light and collided with a pickup truck in which Laurie Ann Davis was a passenger, killing her. A jury found Hookie guilty of criminally negligent homicide, and he was sentenced to one year in a state jail facility.

On appeal, Hookie asserts (1)...

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