Legal Opinion

Cossey v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided October 31, 1979No. CA CR 79-56PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

David Newbern, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in Russellville Municipal Court of driving while intoxicated. He appealed and was again convicted after a jury trial de novo in the circuit court, and he was fined $500. It was allegedly his second such offense. The appellant contends his arrest by a Russellville city policeman outside the city limits was illegal. He also contends that evidence based on a gas chromatograph test of his breath should not have formed the basis of an instructed presumption of intoxication because the machine used was not calibrated on the day the test was given.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Munn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
  2. Edens v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
  3. Paschal v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hughes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1986

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