Perkins v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

BENAVIDES, Judge.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment is 180 days confinement, probated for two years, and a $200.00 fine.

On November 7, 1987 at about 3:30 a.m., Officer Gerald Rimmer, of the Houston Airport Police Department, was driving down Almeda-Genoa Road on his way from Hobby Airport to Ellington Field, when he observed appellant’s car speeding, and then sliding through a red light at an intersection. He stopped the vehicle to issue appellant a traffic citation. After talking to appellant and administering some…