State v. Townsend

DOYLE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcoholic liquor, 1 and appeals.

The facts, viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, show that the defendant left the Salem city bar about 11 o’clock on the night involved. He then stopped at a Salem gasoline station and purchased some beer. The defendant was next seen unconscious behind the wheel of a wrecked car in a cemetery, by a passerby, between 11:00 and 11:30 p.m. When a deputy sheriff arrived at the scene about 11:30, he found the defendant slumped down on the…