McAfee v. State

David Newbern, Justice.

The appellant contends his arrest for driving while intoxicated and being a minor in possession of intoxicating beverages was unlawful because the auxiliary sheriffs deputy who arrested him was not being supervised as required by statute. We hold the court did not err in finding the arrest was valid.

The appellant was observed by Ron Vealy, an auxiliary law enforcement officer with the White County Sheriffs Department, driving across the highway center line several times. Vealy stopped the appellant and placed him under arrest.

When the arrest occurred, a Beebe city…