CATCHINGS v. STATE

No. 27775.

285 S.W.2d 233 (1955)

John Dexter Leonard CATCHINGS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard A. Golding, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady, Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

Upon a trial without a jury on a plea of not guilty, appellant was assessed a fine of $100 and 3 days in jail for the offense of driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated.

The issue of appellant's state of sobriety was closely contested, but the finding of the trial judge that he was intoxicated at the time in question is supported by the evidence, which will be stated from the standpoint of the State.

The automobile...

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