Payne v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, ten days in jail and a fine of $100.00.

Officer Brannon of the city of Carthage police department testified that, in response to a call, he overtook a certain automobile driving “straddle of the center stripe” of the highway; that when the automobile came to a halt he engaged the appellant, who was the driver, in conversation and noticed that his breath smelled of alcohol, that his speech was incoherent, and expressed the opinion that he was intoxicated. He stated that after he carried the appellant to the…