Byrd v. State

929 S.W.2d 151 (1996)

326 Ark. 10

Michael Wayne BYRD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 96-48.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 23, 1996.

Scott E. Smith, Fayetteville, Jeff Duty, Rogers, for appellant.

J. Brent Standridge, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for appellee.

NEWBERN, Justice.

Michael Wayne Byrd was convicted of driving while intoxicated, Ark. Code Ann. § 5-65-103 (Repl.1993), in the Prairie Grove Municipal Court on May 17, 1993. He appealed his conviction to the Washington County Circuit Court, and in a de novo trial he was convicted on the basis of a verdict…