HAVEL v. STATE

No. 34795.

360 S.W.2d 878 (1962)

Amos Leo HAVEL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 17, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. S. Carpenter, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., H. D. Nicholson, Maurice Harrell and Emmett Colvin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, 45 days in jail and a fine of $200.00.

Motorcycle patrolmen Debenport and Little of the Dallas police testified that they observed an automobile commit a traffic violation at approximately 9:00 P. M. on the night in question and that they gave chase but were unable to bring the automobile to a halt until after it had reached Lamar Street. They testified that appellant, who was in the...

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