Bales v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

Kurtis J. Bales was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court of Kay County, Oklahoma, for the offense of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, in violation of 47 O.S.Supp.1982, § 11-902, now 21 O.S.Supp.1983, § 11-902. He was sentenced to thirty days’ imprisonment, and assessed a one-hundred-fifty dollar fine.

State Highway Patrol Trooper Jim McBride was on patrol in Kay County on the night of August 27, 1982, when he observed the appellant drive a motorcycle through an intersection without stopping at the stop sign. Trooper McBride followed the…