Perkins v. State

*196OPINION

WARREN, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of driving while intoxicated. The court assessed punishment at 180 days confinement, probated for two years.

On November 7, 1987, at about 3:30 a.m., Officer Gerald Rimmer, of the Houston Airport Police Department, was driving down Almeda-Genoa Road on his way from Hobby Airport to Ellington Field, when he observed appellant’s car speeding, and then sliding through a red-light at an intersection. He stopped the vehicle and began to investigate. After talking to appellant for a few minutes and administering some field tests, he determined that…