Patterson v. State

By his duly perfected appeal in the nature of a writ of error to this Court, the defendant challenges the validity of his Monroe County Criminal Court conviction of unlawful possession of legend drugs and the jury-assessed sentence of one year and one day in the State Penitentiary and a $1000 fine, which the court approved by entering judgment accordingly.

About 2:00 a.m. on March 27, 1970 a Sweetwater policeman found the defendant slumped over the steering wheel of his truck which was parked in front of an all-*659night restaurant. When aroused and taken out of his truck, the defendant was unable…