Legal Opinion

Chamblee v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 25, 1964No. 36597PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for the felony offense of drunk driving; the punishment, a fine of $200.

Howard Alfred, Highway Patrolman of the Texas Department of Public Safety, testified that he saw the appellant driving a car “astraddle” the lane divider line on a public highway in Gregg County on or about June 17, 1962.

He turned and followed him and saw that he was driving from lane to lane. The appellant changed lanes seven times before he got him stopped.

When the appellant got out of the car “he walked rather unsteady on his feet; * * * he talked kind of thick tongued,” he…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  2. Goolsby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  3. Gregg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Gentile v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
  2. Allison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Bobby Joe Gentile v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1993
  4. Larry D. Thrower v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2006
  5. Larry D. Thrower v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2006

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