KENT v. STATE

No. 36174.

374 S.W.2d 671 (1963)

Algie Marion KENT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Spiller, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, Joe C. Shaffer and Sidney L. Farmer, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon R. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for driving while intoxicated; the punishment, ten days in jail and a fine of one hundred dollars.

It is undisputed that the appellant while driving his pickup on a public highway collided with an automobile which was stopped facing a red traffic light at a street intersection.

A passenger in the automobile testified that appellant mumbled while talking and appeared to be drunk. Two police officers testified...

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