Mason v. State

Sognier, Judge.

On December 3, 1978 appellant was riding around in his car; about 10:30 a.m. he saw Roy Duff on the street and picked him up. Duff testified that he had two pints of “white” liquor from which they drank while riding around all day. About 9:00 or 9:30 p.m. they stopped at the home of Price Tolbert, who joined the two men in the car. They continued to ride around with appellant driving the car, and also continued drinking the whiskey as well as drinking a six pack of beer. At one point the car got stuck in the mud by the side of a road. Because they had been drinking, Tolbert and…