Atkins v. State

SHIELDS, Judge.

Patricia M. Atkins (Atkins) appeals her conviction of public intoxication, 1.0. 7.1-5-1-38 (Burns Code Ed., Supp.1982). She raises two issues on appeal:

1) whether a passenger in an automobile traveling on a public highway is in a public place; and,

2) whether the evidence is sufficient to support her conviction.

We affirm.

1C. 7.1-5-1-8 states:

"It is a class B misdemeanor for a person to be in a public place or a place of public resort in a state of intoxication."

Atkins was a passenger in an automobile traveling on a public highway when it was stopped by police officers…