Newsom v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The appellant waived a jury and pleaded nolo contendere to the indictment charging him with driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway in Howard County while intoxicated, and alleging that he had been previously convicted of the misdemeanor offense of driving while intoxicated in County Court at Law No. 2 of Lubbock County. Punishment was assessed at a fine of $250.00.

State’s witness John R. Smith, State Highway Patrolman, testified that he stopped the appellant who was driving a pickup pulling a cattle trailer, partly on the road and partly off. He testified that…