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Baxter v. StateBaxter v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Feb 25, 1998
No. 202-97
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OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

PER CURIAM.

Appellant was placed ‍​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍on probation for 24 months after pleading guilty to the misdemeanor offense of driving while intoxicated. The State ‍​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍later filed a motion to revoke appellant’s probation. The trial court revoked appellant’s probation and sentenced him to 120 ‍​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍days’ confinement. The Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence. Baxter v. State, 936 S.W.2d 469 (Tex.App. — ‍​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍Fort Worth 1996). We granted discretionary review on two grounds. We decide our decision to grant discretionary review ‍​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍was improvident. Therefore, we dismiss appellant’s petition for discretionary review.

Case Details

Case Name: Baxter v. State
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Feb 25, 1998
Citations: 960 S.W.2d 82; 1998 WL 76181; 1998 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 25; No. 202-97
Docket Number: No. 202-97
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Crim. App.
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