Legal Opinion

Turner v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 9, 1957No. 28,752PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, six months in jail and a fine of $400.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury’s finding that appellant drove a motor vehicle upon the occasion in question is challenged, as is the sufficiency of the evidence to show that he was at the time intoxicated.

Witnesses who were at a garage across the four-lane highway heard a collision and, upon looking out, saw that a Plymouth automobile had collided with and “run under the back of a parked truck.”

Appellant was identified…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
  2. Randall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hollingsworth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Radosevich v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961

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