HEAVIN v. STATE

No. 28860.

299 S.W.2d 135 (1957)

Ettie Green HEAVIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 27, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellant.

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


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, 3 days in jail and a fine of $50.

Deputy Sheriff Barfield testified that at approximately 11:00 P.M. on the night in question, while he and his partner Nunn were on patrol duty, a station wagon passed their automobile at a high rate of speed, and he gave chase. He stated that he pursued the station wagon for some distance, observed that it was being driven in excess of 65...

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