Brinson v. State

McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted after a bench trial of driving under the influence of drugs. At trial, Officer Mike Patton of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department testified that he stopped defendant’s car after observing defendant drive across the centerline of a roadway; that he smelled alcohol and marijuana emanating from defendant and defendant’s car; that he noticed that defendant’s speech was “slurred” and that defendant’s appearance was “sluggish,” and that defendant’s car contained a “small marijuana joint known as a roach.” Officer Patton also testified that…