Legal Opinion

Van Ness v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 18, 1953No. 26,620PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BELCHER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the offense of driving an automobile upon a public highway while intoxicated, and his punishment was assessed at one year in jail and a fine of $100.

Earl Weatherly testified that he saw an automobile stopped at a stop sign and that it then proceeded north across a street intersection and was struck by appellant’s automobile which was travelling west; that he helped lift the other automobile off of a man pinned underneath. He further testified that two or three persons were in appellant’s car and one person was *296in the car that was struck; that he was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946
  2. Hughes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  3. Chandler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
  4. Offerle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
  5. Duran v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Massey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960

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