Steele v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

The conviction by a jury verdict is for driving a motor vehicle on a public highway while intoxicated, second offense, a felony. The punishment, assessed by the court, is a fine of $250.00.

The record reflects that at shortly before 11:45 P.M. on November 29, 1969, Officer Bell of the Houston Police Department, while on patrol duty, received a radio call pertaining to an accident in the 200 block of Milam Street in Houston. Upon arriving at the scene in question, he observed two cars, a Lincoln Continental and a Mercury Cougar, which apparently had been in an…