Bacon v. State

Banke, Chief Judge.

The defendant was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, driving after having been declared an habitual offender, speeding, and attempting to elude police officers. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in permitting two police officers to identify him as having been the driver of the vehicle in question. He also complains that the district attorney was impermissibly allowed to force a witness repeatedly to invoke the protection of the Fifth Amendment and that the court erred in several charges to the jury.

The defendant was arrested following a…