State v. Watts
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT R. WELBORN, Commissioner.
Upon a jury waived trial, Carl O. Watts was found guilty of driving while intoxicated (first offense), § 564.440, RSMo 1969, and a fine of $170.00 was assessed. Defendant appeals.
Shortly after midnight on April 26, 1977, Watts, driving south of Macon on Route 63, ran off the road into a ditch. A highway patrolman called to the scene found Watts “obviously under the influence of alcohol” and he was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated. He complained of injury from the accident, but an examining physician concluded that Watts’ “only problem was that…
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