STATE v. WALLACE

No. 20493-KW.

539 So.2d 123 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Ervin L. WALLACE, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diehlmann C. Bernhardt, Monroe, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., James A. Norris, Jr., Dist. Atty., Mark Donahoe, Asst. Dist. Atty., Monroe, for appellee.

Before HALL, FRED W. JONES, Jr., and NORRIS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

On August 1, 1987 the defendant, Ervin Wallace, was arrested when it was reported that he had driven onto a sidewalk, crushed a child's tricycle and driven off, seeming intoxicated. When defendant was pulled over the officers noted that he had been driving in an erratic manner, his speech was slurred, his eyes were bloodshot, and he staggered when he walked. The defendant refused both a field sobriety test and any chemical test.

Ultimately Wallace...

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