Parker v. State

BUCHANAN, Judge.

CASE SUMMARY

Appellant-defendant Thomas Earl Parker (Parker) appeals his conviction by the trial court of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a class A misdemeanor, 1 challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and claiming his statutory and constitutional rights were violated.

We affirm.

FACTS

The facts most favorable to the judgment reveal that on August 12, 1987, Officer Patrick Tompkins (Officer Tompkins) of the Marion County Sheriff’s Department stopped Parker for driving through a red light. Upon observing that Parker appeared intoxicated, Officer Tompkins offered Parker…