State v. Preston

Defendant Harold W. Preston was tried by the court after having waived trial by jury. The court found defendant to be guilty of driving while intoxicated. A timely motion for new trial was filed on behalf of defendant but said motion failed to persuade the court to grant relief. Thereafter, allocution was granted and defendant was informed that the court had assessed a one-year period of confinement in the county jail. However, the attention of this court must be prematurely diverted from the possible merits of the case to address a deficiency in the record.

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