Legal Opinion

Fancher v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 10, 1958No. 30182PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This conviction is for driving while intoxicated upon a public highway, with punishment assessed at a fine of $250 and thirty days in jail.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is challenged.

After being notified that a wreck had occurred, peace officers went to the scene thereof. Two men were standing beside an overturned automobile as the officers arrived, and one of them —the appellant — approached and told them that he was the driver of the car and that it had gone out of control on a sharp curve onto a soft shoulder of the road.

The officers were of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Threet v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
  2. Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Alvarez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  2. Franco v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  3. McClane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  4. Michael Channing McCann v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014
  5. Rawls v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

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