Sledge v. State

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

Thomas Earl Sledge, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried, and convicted in the District Court of Texas County, Oklahoma for the offense of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor. His punishment was fixed at ten (10) days in the county jail and a fine of $100, and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

Briefly stated, the evidence at the trial adduced that approximately 6:00 o’clock p. m. on the 6th day of February, 1971, Trooper Ridings and his' partner, Trooper Lansdown,…