State v. Becker

HARRY A. HALL, Special Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of DeKalb County (jury trial being waived by the parties) finding the defendant guilty of driving an automobile in an intoxicated condition, as charged in the information.

The evidence shows that defendant was operating his automobile about 3 o’clock the morning of July 31, 1966, on old U.S. Highway 36 near the city limits of Cameron, Missouri, when his car left the road and went through the highway guardrail. Two Highway Patrol officers found him shortly thereafter, and he readily admitted driving the…