HOOKS v. STATE

No. 06-05-00274-CR.

203 S.W.3d 861 (2006)

Ray Dale HOOKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided August 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Dale Hooks, Abilene, pro se.

Al Davis, Asst. Dist. Atty., Joe Black, Dist. Atty., Marshall, for state.

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


OPINION

Opinion by Chief Justice MORRISS.

During an evening of drinking beer while driving his pickup truck around Harrison County, Ray Dale Hooks hit and killed Roger Carney with the truck. In a voluntary statement given to an investigator, Hooks admitted that he had been driving around, drinking beer since about 4:00 p.m. the day of the accident, and that he hit Carney with his truck. At trial, Hooks pled not guilty to intoxication manslaughter, but guilty...

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