Parks v. State

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted the appellant of driving while intoxicated, and the court assessed his punishment at 90 days confinement, probated, and a $350 fine.

In three grounds of error the appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error in allowing the State, over appellant’s objection, to elicit testimony that appellant had been offered and had refused to submit to a chemical breath test, and that in the absence of such testimony, the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction.

Two highway patrol officers testified that they first observed the…