Murray v. State
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
457 S.W.3d 446 (2015)
Relevant factsFree
A deputy found Chad Murray (defendant) alone, asleep, and smelling of alcohol in the driver's seat of his truck, parked partly on a road shoulder with its engine running; no alcohol containers were found in or near the truck, and no one else was nearby. Murray, visibly drunk, admitted to drinking and failed field sobriety tests; a jury convicted him of DWI, the appellate court reversed for insufficient evidence he operated the vehicle while intoxicated, and the state appealed.
IssueFree
Whether circumstantial evidence may be sufficient to convict a defendant for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.