Legal Opinion

Hester v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided July 23, 1954PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett

Hester w,as indicted, tried and convicted for driving-while drunk with his punishment fixed at a fine of $100’ and a 30-day jail sentence added, from which judgment he appeals.

This record presents an unusual and interesting state of facts. Two deputy sheriffs of the county were notified of drunkenness at a particular locality in that county and upon going to this locality, they found, according to their testimony and the testimony of others, the plaintiff in error in a drunken condition seated at the steering wheel of his automobile which was being pushed along a public road by another car.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. TaceySupreme Court of Vermont · 1930
  2. Bradam v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
  4. Line v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1950

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Farmer v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1961
  2. State v. LawrenceTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  3. State v. ButlerTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958
  5. People v. JordanAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1977

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