FOWLKES v. COMMONWEALTH


74 S.E.2d 683 (1953)

194 Va. 676

FOWLKES v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 9, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. E. Neblett, Lunenburg, for plaintiff in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., Frederick T. Gray, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


BUCHANAN, Justice.

The defendant, Dewey W. Fowlkes, having waived a jury, was tried by the court and found guilty of driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicants. Code 1950, § 18-75. He was sentenced to sixty days in jail, fifteen of which were to be served and the balance suspended for three years. On this appeal he claims that the judgment was without evidence to support it.

The evidence consisted only of the testimony of a State trooper...

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