SPARROW v. STATE

No. 29848.

316 S.W.2d 898 (1958)

Howell Dean SPARROW, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burks & Brown, Lubbock, for appellant.

William J. Gillespie, County Atty., James P. Brewster, Asst. County Atty., Lubbock, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, three days in jail and a fine of $50.

Police officers arrested appellant while he was driving an automobile upon a public highway and after he was seen to make a U-turn crossing yellow center line stripes. He had, while the officers were following him, struck the side of an underpass four or five times.

Several officers who observed him...

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