[DOWNLOAD] "Manuel Ramirez v. State" by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Manuel Ramirez v. State
- Author : The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- Release Date : January 07, 1956
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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The sufficiency of the evidence to establish that the appellant was intoxicated presented a serious question on original submission of this cause. The majority held that the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the state, supported the jury verdict. In reaching that conclusion, we considered the testimony of the toxicologist, the effect of which was that the appellant had been intoxicated at the time of the accident. We also considered the testimony of the doctor who examined the appellant upon his arrival at the hospital, the effect of which was that the appellant was not intoxicated. The majority opinion did not discuss the fact that two members of the Texas Highway Parol talked to the appellant at the hospital prior to the taking of the specimen of blood and neither of them was called upon to give an opinion as to the appellants state of intoxication or to testify to any act, conduct or statement on the part of the appellant that might tend to show intoxication. After further consideration, the writer has concluded that failure of the state to give the jury the benefit of the testimony of these two witnesses, both of whom testified about other matters,