STATE v. WHITNEY

No. 48834.

76 N.W.2d 890 (1956)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. George Leonard WHITNEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verne Lawyer and Robert D. Ray, Des Moines, for appellant.

Dayton Countryman, Atty. Gen., Raphael R. R. Dvorak, Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. P. Denato, Asst. County Atty., Des Moines, for appellee.


OLIVER, Justice.

Defendant pleaded not guilty to an indictment which charged him with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, third offense. Trial to a jury resulted in his conviction and this appeal.

Highway patrolman Leonard testified that, January 13, 1955, defendant drove an automobile in Des Moines at an unlawful speed and crowded approaching cars by angling it to the left side of the street. When arrested, defendant was unsteady, his clothes were...

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