In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana ______________________________ No. 06-07-00208-CR ______________________________

VIDAL GARCIA, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 124th Judicial District Court Gregg County, Texas Trial Court No. 35121-B

Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss MEMORANDUM OPINION Vidal Garcia has appealed from his conviction on his open plea of guilty to the offense of evading detention with a vehicle. See TEX . PENAL CODE ANN . § 38.04(b)(1) (Vernon 2003). The trial court sentenced Garcia to two years' confinement, to run concurrently with his fifteen-year sentence in a companion appeal.1 See TEX . PENAL CODE ANN . § 12.35 (Vernon Supp. 2007).

Because the issues raised in each appeal are identical, for the reasons stated in our opinion dated this day in Garcia v. State, cause number 06-07-00207-CR, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Josh R. Morriss, III Chief Justice Date Submitted: June 18, 2008 Date Decided: June 19, 2008 Do Not Publish

Garcia has a companion appeal pending before this Court in cause number 06-07-00207-CR concerning his conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.