State v. Hall

Parks, J.:

This is an appeal from a jury verdict which found Gary D. Hall (hereafter defendant or Hall) guilty of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (K.S.A. 8-1567). The charge of transporting an open container (K.S.A. 41-804) is not a subject of this appeal.

On the evening of February 12, 1977, defendant Hall and a number of other derrick hands returned to Liberal, Kansas, from Elkhart, Kansas, where they had been working on an oil rig. The vehicle in which they were riding was owned and driven by the defendant. En route to Liberal they stopped and drank a couple of beers.