Carpenter v. State

345 S.W.2d 412 (1961)

Booker M. CARPENTER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 33127.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 15, 1961.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 1961.

Joe Shannon, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Doug Crouch, Crim. Dist. Atty., John A. Brady, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for driving while intoxicated; the punishment, one year in jail and a fine of fifty dollars.

The State's evidence shows that on the day in question the appellant drove his automobile away from a parking lot at…