Charles Edward Aliff, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the conviction for involuntary manslaughter, holding that the warrantless blood draw was a permissible search under exigent circumstances, that the expert cross‑examination was improperly limited, that the out‑of‑court experiment was admissible, that the variance in the deceased’s middle name was not fatal, that a lesser‑included charge of criminally negligent homicide was not required, and that the State’s references to prior trouble and its jury argument during sentencing did not constitute reversible error. Justice TEAGUE, dissenting, would have reversed the conviction on the blood‑draw issue.