STATE v. PAINTER

No. 74.

134 S.E.2d 638 (1964)

261 N.C. 332

STATE v. Billy R. PAINTER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 26, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., and Richard T. Sanders, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Walter Clark, Jr., Asheville, for defendant appellant.


PARKER, Justice.

The warrant was based on G.S. § 14-335, which reads in relevant part: "If any person shall be found drunk or intoxicated on the public highway, or at any public place * * *, in any county, township, city, town * * *, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as is provided in this section." Subsection 19 reads:

"In Buncombe County, by a fine, on the first offense, of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00...

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