Stout v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Appellant Mark Stout was driving his sister’s hatchback station wagon on Interstate 30 near Arkadelphia when Deputy Sheriff Terry Palmer stopped him for crossing the center line of the highway. Stout rolled down the window by the driver’s seat and handed Palmer his driver’s license. Palmer smelled alcohol and asked Stout how much he had to drink. Stout replied “a beer or two since [he] had been in Texas.” Stout explained that he had been in Texas visiting for a week or two and was on his way back to Wisconsin. Palmer asked Stout to get out of the station wagon and…