Legal Opinion

State v. Petterson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided November 7, 1989No. WD 41465PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GAITAN, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, P.W. Petterson, was found guilty in a court tried case on December 13, 1988, of driving while intoxicated, § 577.010 RSMo 1986, and was sentenced to a confinement of ten days in the county jail and a fine of $500. The appellant appeals his conviction. Judgment affirmed.

In the early morning hours of May 17, 1987, Troopers Sheldon Lyon and Robert Westfall of the Missouri State Highway Patrol manned a sobriety checkpoint at a rural intersection. north of Chillicothe in Livingston County, Missouri. At approximately 12:15 a.m. a vehicle driven by appellant, with…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. California v. TrombettaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Benavides v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1999
  2. State v. FullerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
  3. State v. WillersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. State v. RichardMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. Rushing v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1997

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