Landin v. Texas Department of Public Safety

BATEMAN, Justice.

Lee Landin appeals from the judgment of the trial court affirming the suspension by the Texas Department of Public Safety of Landin’s Texas Operator’s License and Driving Privileges.

The evidence shows without dispute that Landin was stopped on September 27, 1970 by two law enforcement officers who had observed him driving his car from one side of the road to the other; that Landin had a “very strong alcoholic breath,” and a “swaying balanced, staggering walk, had to be helped whenever he walked,” and had “slurred speech and confused.” He was then placed under arrest for…