Farmer v. State

This is an appeal in error from a conviction of driving an automobile on a public highway while under the influence of an intoxicant. T.C.A. sec. 59-1031. It is urged the evidence preponderates against the finding of guilt and in favor of the innocence of plaintiff in error.

Evidence for the State was that on February 10, 1960, about 3:20 A.M., State Trooper James Wall saw standing on the side of the highway (U.S. ALA) an automobile, its front partly in the ditch and its rear extending about a foot over the surface of the road right-of-way. On investigation it proved to be plaintiff in error’s…