Williams v. State

Ralph Parton and Frank Williams were jointly indicted and convicted of drunken driving of an automobile (T.C.A. sec. 59-1031). Parton acquiesced in the judgment. Williams appealed in error and insists that his conviction is without support in law or fact, since the proof showed he was neither drunk nor driving.

It is true the proof showed that Williams was not drunk and was not actually under the wheel driving the car. But the car belonged to him and he was sitting on the front seat with Parton, who was driving and obviously drunk. The theory of the State is that the proof was sufficient to…