SHAWHAN v. STATE

No. 38327.

393 S.W.2d 921 (1965)

Robert Kale SHAWHAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney of record on appeal for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Don Koons, John Emmett and W. John Allison, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

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

Patrolman Wade of the Dallas Police testified that while on duty at 2:45 a. m. on the night in question he observed an automobile approaching a stop sign at a speed in excess of 50 miles per hour, that when its brakes were applied he could hear the tires "squealing", and that after the automobile passed the stop sign it turned off on a service...

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