Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Dennis Lee VARGAS, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2014-08-26
Citations: 439 S.W.3d 267
Docket Number: No. WD 76749
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Dennis Lee VARGAS, Appellant.
Judges: Before Division One: MARK D. PFEIFFER, Presiding Judge, LISA WHITE HARDWICK and KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judges.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 439
Pages: 267–268

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Dennis Lee VARGAS, Appellant.
No. WD 76749.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Aug. 26, 2014.
Erika Eliason, Columbia, MO, for Appellant.
Adam Rowley, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before Division One: MARK D. PFEIFFER, Presiding Judge, LISA WHITE HARDWICK and KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judges.

Opinion:
Order
PER CURIAM.
Dennis Vargas appeals from his convictions for driving while intoxicated and driving while revoked. He contends the evidence was insufficient to convict him of driving while intoxicated because the State failed to establish that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time he operated his vehicle. He also asserts that the court plainly erred in failing to declare a mistrial sua sponte after a venireperson commented that he knew Vargas through a jail ministry. For reasons explained in a Memorandum provided to the parties, we find no error and affirm the judgment of convictions.
AFFIRMED. Rule 30.25(b).