Woods v. State

The appellant, Dennis Hardin Woods, was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and of speeding. He was fined $270.00 and costs.

The state's evidence tended to show that appellant Woods was stopped for speeding by Alabama State Trooper Clyde Owens on February 25, 1990. The appellant was clocked, by radar, going 77 miles per hour in a 55-mile per hour zone. When Owens approached the appellant's car to ask him for his driver's license, he smelled a strong odor of alcohol on the appellant. Owens asked the appellant to come and sit in his vehicle. As the appellant walked to Owens's…