Sligar v. State

MORRISON, Judge Presiding.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, three days in jail and a fine of $50.00.

Officers Collins of the Amarillo police department testified that on the night in question he observed an automobile traveling at an extremely slow rate of speed, “straddling the line,” pass through an intersection against a red light; that he brought it to a halt and observed the appellant, the driver, who smelled strongly of alcohol and who repeatedly protested that he was not drunk before the witness notified him of his reason for stopping him. He stated that the…