Thang v. State

After a bench trial, Defendant was convicted of Public Intoxication as a class B misdemeanor. The court of appeals reversed the conviction, concluding that the evidence was insufficient to establish that Defendant had endangered himself or others, one of the statutory elements for Public Intoxication. The Supreme Court granted transfer to consider whether proof of the endangerment element can be established by reasonable inferences drawn from the evidence. The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court, holding that a reasonable fact-finder could find Defendant had been intoxicated in a public place while endangering the life of himself or others beyond a reasonable doubt based on the evidence and the reasonable inferences drawn therefrom. View "Thang v. State" on Justia Law