STATE v. COLLINS

No. 48560.

69 N.W.2d 31 (1955)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Donald Guy COLLINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verne Lawyer and Don Hise, Des Moines, for appellant.

Leo Hoegh, Atty. Gen., Raphael R. R. Dvorak, Asst. Atty. Gen., Clyde E. Herring, County Attorney, Polk County, and James A. Lorentzen, Asst. County Atty., Polk County, Des Moines, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice.

On June 26, 1953, shortly after 9 o'clock P.M., defendant was stopped and arrested while driving his automobile in Des Moines, Iowa. Thereafter, being charged under section 321.281 with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, he pleaded not guilty. He was convicted and appeals from the resulting judgment.

The appeal presents but one claimed error,—improper cross-examination of defendant, eliciting the fact that he had once been...

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