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RAWLS v. STATE

No. 30199.

318 S.W.2d 662 (1958)

Sim RAWLS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 10, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank C. Mabry, George Donalson, Houston, for appellant.

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

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for drunken driving, with punishment assessed at a fine of $100 and seven days in jail.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is challenged.

In Threet v. State, 157 Tex.Cr.R. 497, 250 S.W.2d 200, we held that an extrajudicial confession, alone, would not authorize a conviction for drunken driving. In reaching that conclusion, we said:

"Outside of...

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