Brown v. State

The defendant was convicted of operating an automobile on a public highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. There was evidence adduced on the trial that the defendant was drunk; that he was on a public highway; that he was driving his own ear, and that it ran into a truck and another automobile. All the special grounds of the motion refer to the charge on confessions.

The first special ground alleges that the court erred in refusing a request to charge as follows: “The State contends that the defendant made a confession. The defendant contends the defendant was so drunk he was…