DOWDY v. STATE

No. 37379.

385 S.W.2d 678 (1964)

Corbet Loyd DOWDY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. H. Harris, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Don Koons, Howard Weinberger, Ross Teter and C. M. Turlington, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is drunk driving; the punishment, 15 days in jail and a fine of $75.

The issue of whether the appellant was intoxicated was closely contested, the state relying upon the testimony of two police officers who formed and expressed the opinion that appellant was "very intoxicated."

The appellant, a truck driver with an impediment by reason of an injury to his knee, and a passenger in his car, testified that appellant...

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