Pfeiffer v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Police officers observed appellant Pfeiffer back his automobile through a stop sign onto Wrightsboro Road. They followed him for a short distance whereupon he stopped. As the officers approached, Pfeiffer got out and, according to testimony, “just about fell down.” As the officers tried to talk with him, Pfeiffer leaned on his car; seeming to steady himself, his eyes appeared “real bloodshot,” his clothes were “unkempt,” he was unshaven, and the “odor of alcohol on his breath was overwhelming.”

A state court jury returned a verdict of guilty for the offenses of driving under the…