COCKERHAM v. STATE

No. 39540.

401 S.W.2d 839 (1966)

Jack COCKERHAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 27, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & Callahan, by Andrew Z. Baker, Galveston, for appellant.

Jules Damiani, Jr., Dist. Atty., Albert G. Redmond and Ronald L. Wilson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Galveston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is drunk driving; the punishment, six months in jail and a fine of $250.

The statement of facts was prepared by appellant's counsel in narrative form and approved by the trial court.

The evidence shows without dispute that at the time he was pursued, overtaken and arrested, appellant was driving a 1952 Chevrolet automobile on a public highway between Alvin and Galveston.

The arresting officer testified that during...

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