Gamez v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for driving while intoxicated; the punishment, 3 days in jail and a fine of $350.

Officer W. E. Briles testified that on the night in question, while on patrol duty in the city of Hereford, he heard a noise which sounded like wood “pulling away” from a building; that he then observed a pickup truck backing up and driving away from a cafe building which he pursued across Highway 385 and on Higgins Street for approximately one-half mile, during which time it was being operated “all over the road” with no lights; that when he brought the pickup to a halt he…