HODGES v. STATE

No. 39411.

401 S.W.2d 241 (1966)

William Coats HODGES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Henderson, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Don Koons, Arch Pardue, Mike Buckley 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, 10 days in jail and a fine of $150.00.

Officers Zachry and Hunicutt of the Dallas Police testified that while on patrol after midnight on the night in question they saw a Thunderbird automobile abruptly cut across a median strip and then bump a curb on Garland Road and that they pursued the Thunderbird which they estimated was traveling 60 miles per hour in a 40 mile zone. After bringing...

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