State v. Sampson

Defendant was convicted of the crime of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, second offense, as defined in section 321.281, Code of Iowa, 1954. At about 5 p.m. on July 19, 1955, Russell Hasty was driving west on U. S. Highway 92. According to his testimony, a few miles west of Knoxville he saw an automobile approaching. It was the car of the defendant. As defendant approached the Hasty car he suddenly turned from the southerly path of travel to the northerly path. Hasty thought he was driving into a farm driveway. In order to avoid him Hasty drove to the south driving pathway.…