BURRAGE v. STATE

No. 34481.

356 S.W.2d 690 (1962)

Willie Lee BURRAGE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Stephens, Wynn G. Stanton, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John Rogers, Robert Maloney, O. H. Harris and Phil Burleson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, 20 days in jail and a fine of $50.

The sole ground for reversal is the contention that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction.

Police Patrolmen Hutson and Litherland stopped the automobile appellant was driving because it fitted the description of a car that had been involved in a hit and run accident. It proved...

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