State v. Powell

PeR Cubiam.

An arresting officer testified defendant was operating his automobile in the wrong direction on a one way street in Charlotte. He stopped defendant and placed him under arrest. He expressed the opinion defendant was, when arrested, intoxicated. In response to inquiries by the officer, defendant admitted; “He had had two or three drinks of Scotch and water.”

Defendant was arrested about 5:30 a.m. Lt. Poison of the Charlotte Police Force, not one of the arresting officers, saw defendant at 6:05 a.m. Based on his personal observation, and the quantity of alcohol consumed, as related by…