Skelton v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, three days in jail and a fine of $100.00.

The trial was before the court without the intervention of a jury.

Deputy Sheriff Smith testified that, while on patrol on the day in question, he observed a pickup truck “weaving back and forth, from on the shoulder back onto the right of way,” that he turned on his siren and brought the truck to a halt, that the appellant who was the driver thereof had a flushed face, dilated eyes, walked unsteadily, smelled of alcohol, and, in his opinion, was intoxicated. A search of…