Baggett v. State

229 S.W.2d 801 (1950)

BAGGETT

v.

STATE.

No. 24645.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 8, 1950.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1950.

Marvin H. Miller, New Boston, Brown & Brown, Texarkana, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged under Art. 802c, Vernon's Ann.P.C., with the offense of driving while intoxicated and by accident and mistake, as he approached an automobile upon a public highway, he struck and thereby killed one William Thompson. Upon his conviction therefor, he was assessed a penalty of two years in the state…