STATE v. CUMMINGS

No. 668.

148 S.E.2d 97 (1966)

267 N.C. 300

STATE of North Carolina v. Richard CUMMINGS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 11, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., and Bernard A. Harrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Morgan, Byerly, Post & Keziah, by W. B. Byerly, Jr., High Point, for defendant appellant.


PLESS, Justice.

The State's evidence impressively shows that the defendant operated a motor vehicle upon the streets of the City of High Point and that he was intoxicated. The defendant complains that it doesn't directly show that he drove while he was intoxicated. His position is well taken unless the evidence will reasonably and logically sustain such a finding. Here, the State relies upon circumstantial evidence, which, as has been said is "merely...

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