Lacy v. State

325 S.W.2d 392 (1959)

Elmer LACY, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 30742.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 13, 1959.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1959.

Allen Harp, Childress, for appellant.

John B. Stapleton, Dist. Atty., Floydada, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, 3 days in jail and a fine of $125.

The Mayor of Turkey, Texas, after closing his store on the night in question, drove over to Quitaque where he was arrested by the sheriff and his deputies. According to the officers,…