Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 2006

Drichas v. State

Drichas v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided December 20, 2006 · Per Curiam
210 S.W.3d 644; 2006 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 2448; 2006 WL 3733227 (South Western Reporter, Third Series)

Drichas v. State

Opinion

*645 OPINION

PER CURIAM.

A jury found Appellant guilty of evading detention and assessed punishment at confinement for 99 years. The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction based on its conclusion that the evidence was factually insufficient pursuant to Zuniga v. State, 144 S.W.3d 477 (Tex.Crim.App. 2004). Drichas v. State, 187 S.W.3d 161 (Tex.App.Texarkana 2006).

The State has filed a petition for discretionary review contending that the Court of Appeals erred in its factual sufficiency review and that the factual-sufficiency standard of review is flawed. Recently, in Watson v. State, 204 S.W.3d 404 (Tex.Crim.App., 2006), we overruled the reformulated factual-sufficiency standard of review introduced in Zuniga.

The Court of Appeals in the instant case did not have the benefit of our opinion in Watson. Accordingly, we grant the State’s petition for discretionary review, vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals, and remand this case to the Court of Appeals in light of our opinion in Watson.

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