TONNAN v. STATE

No. 33296.

352 S.W.2d 272 (1961)

Vincent Francis TONNAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1961.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied November 22, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Pichinson (On Appeal), Corpus Christi, Wm. Brode Mobley, Jr. (On Appeal), Corpus Christi, Jon Coffee, Austin, for appellant.

Harold Vittitoe, County Atty., Falfurrias, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

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

Border Patrolman Wright testified that on the night in question he observed a station wagon pass his patrol station without heeding the stop sign, proceed some 50 or 75 yards farther down the road, apply its brakes and almost collide with the back end of a truck; that after coming to a halt the station wagon began to back up, nearly running over his...

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