Brown v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is driving a motor vehicle upon a public road while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of $100.00 and confinement in jail for five (5) days.

In view of our disposition of this case, we shall pretermit a discussion of the facts.

The trial court failed to charge the jury on the law relative to presumption of innocence, after a requested instruction had been sought. Proper objection and exception was taken to the court’s ruling. By its failure, the trial court fell into error.

For a discussion of the principle controlling the charge of the court on the…