McCRACKEN v. STATE

No. 31257.

330 S.W.2d 613 (1960)

Otha McCRACKEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 6, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders & Stanford, by C. L. Stanford, Canton, for appellant.

J. S. Grisham, County and District Attorney, Canton, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for driving while intoxicated; the punishment, three days in jail and a fine of $50.

From her farm home located about 25 feet from a public road Mrs. Ozell Martin saw an automobile travelling on said road at a high rate of speed, heard tires scream, and then saw the automobile turn completely over and stop with its front in the ditch and the rear toward the pavement. She testified that she went to the scene within five...

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