HILBURN v. STATE

No. 2-08-276-CR.

312 S.W.3d 169 (2010)

Samuel Lee HILBURN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, State.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

April 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Gordon, Fort Worth, TX, for Appellant.

Joe Shannon, Jr., Criminal District Attorney, Charles M. Mallin, Chief, Appellate Section, and Sharon A. Johnson, Richard Alpert, Tanya S. Dohoney and Mark Theilman, Assistant District Attorneys for Tarrant County, Fort Worth, TX, for Appellee.

PANEL: DAUPHINOT, GARDNER, and WALKER, JJ.


OPINION

ANNE GARDNER, Justice.

I. Introduction

Appellant Samuel Lee Hilburn appeals his conviction for intoxication manslaughter.1 He contends in four points that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he caused a police officer's death "by driving his vehicle into and against" the officer's patrol car or that his vehicle constituted a deadly weapon. We affirm.

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