CHASTAIN v. STATE

No. 34713.

360 S.W.2d 414 (1962)

James Otice CHASTAIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., Pat McDowell, Bill Watts, and Phil Burleson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

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

Appellant was stopped and arrested by two city of Dallas police officers after they had observed the automobile he was driving weaving on a public street and drive across a parking lot near the street corner. Both officers testified that after stopping appellant they observed two or three cans of beer on the seat beside him; that appellant...

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