Carlile v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, three days in the county jail and a fine of $250.00.

This appeal presents the question of whether the court may place one of the accused’s attorneys under the rule when it is learned that said attorney may appear as a witness for the accused, thus depriving the accused of the assistance of one of his counsel.

Prior to the commencement of the trial, in hearings conducted in the jury’s absence, it was established that on the night of his arrest appellant had employed attorney James E. Robinson to represent him; that…