DORSETT v. STATE

No. 38683.

396 S.W.2d 115 (1965)

Lathern C. DORSETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weldon Holcomb, Tyler, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the subsequent offense of drunken driving; the punishment, sixty days in jail and a fine of $100.

The state's evidence shows that while driving his automobile at a high rate of speed on a public street in the city of Tyler, appellant overturned at an intersection and his vehicle came to rest upside down.

Officers Richardson and Beck proceeded to the location to investigate the wreck and observed appellant at...

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