WHITAKER v. STATE

No. 40726.

421 S.W.2d 905 (1967)

Thomas Lee WHITAKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney E. Dawson, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Arch Pardue, Cecil Emerson, J. R. Ormesher and James M. Williamson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is drunk driving; the punishment, one year in jail and a fine of $250.00.

Trial was before a jury on a plea of not guilty and upon separate hearing the jury assessed the punishment.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not challenged.

Witnesses who observed appellant immediately after the collision testified that he had...

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