Rippee v. State

McDonald, judge.

Amended Opinion

The offense is the misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated; the punishment, three (3) days in jail and a fine of $50.00.

The state’s evidence reflects that on Friday, September 20, 1963, Highway Patrolmen Donald L. Lee and Dennis Vickery were on routine patrol when at approximately 4:30 P.M. they received a call by state radio that one C. L. Bray had called in by telephone from Rangerville, Texas; the patrolmen then drove south on farm road 1015 until they reached Progresso, Texas, where they turned east on U. S. 281. After proceeding about one and…