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Costilla v. State
327 S.W.2d 593
Tex. Crim. App.
1959
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WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, 3 days in jail and a fine of $100.

The record contains no statement of facts.

There is one bill of exception. It complains of a remark of the attorney for the State in argument to the jury, objected to on the ground that it was a direct reference to the failure of the defendant to testify.

In the absence of a statement of facts we are not prepared to hold that the remark to the effect that the evidence introduced “is uncontroverted and undenied” was a direct reference to appellant’s failure to testify, or that such remark necessarily referred to his failure to testify, if he did, and not to the failure to produce the testimony of eye witnesses, if there were such.

Art. 710, C.C.P. is not transgressed by argument which the jury may reasonably apply to the absence of other testimony. Byers v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 310 S.W.2d 331.

The judgment is affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Costilla v. State
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Jun 24, 1959
Citation: 327 S.W.2d 593
Docket Number: No. 30804
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Crim. App.
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