Rawlings v. State

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

This is another in a series of DWI appeals testing provisions of Act 549 of 1983.

The appellant was convicted in municipal court of his third offense of driving while intoxicated. He appealed the conviction to circuit court where a jury found him guilty of DWI, third offense. The appellant was sentenced to five months in the county jail; ordered to pay a $1,000.00 fine; and his driver’s license was suspended indefinitely. This appeal from that order is before us under Sup. Ct. R. 29( 1 )(c).

The appellant raises two points on appeal. His first contention is that…