State v. Hazen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This is an appeal by a defendant who was convicted of driving a vehicle within this state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, prohibited by G. S. 1949, 8-530.

At about nine o’clock, on file night of May 29, 1953, while patrolling Kansas Highway No. 4, about a mile east of Ransom, law enforcement officers came upon a car parked upon the highway, headed east, in the center of the east-bound traffic lane. It was dark and the car’s lights were out. The engine was not running. Defendant was sitting in a slumped position in the…