PHILLIPS, ANDRE TREMOND v. the State of Texas

In the Court of Criminal
Appeals of Texas
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No. PD-0427-22
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ANDRE TREMOND PHILLIPS,
Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

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On Appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review
From the Second Court of Appeals
Tarrant County
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Per curiam.

A jury convicted Appellant of driving while intoxicated with a
felony repetition enhancement. See TEX. PENAL CODE §§ 49.04, 49.09(b).
The Second Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Phillips v. State,
651 S.W.3d 677 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2022).
PHILLIPS – 2

We initially granted discretionary review to consider the court of
appeals’ holding that the trial court did not commit reversible error
when it overruled Appellant’s objections to the State’s guilt-phase
closing argument that Appellant was “not taking responsibility.” We
now conclude that our grant of discretionary review was improvident
and, therefore, dismiss Appellant’s petition for discretionary review as
improvidently granted. See TEX. R. APP. PROC. 69.3.

DELIVERED: November 1, 2023
PUBLISH