Thompson v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

The appellant, Mary V. Thompson, was convicted in a non-jury trial for the crime of Public Intoxication in the District Court of Cleveland County in Case No. CRM-84-1681. The judge found her guilty and set punishment at a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00).

Briefly stated the facts are that on July 19, 1984, at approximately 1:30 a.m., a police officer in Noble, Oklahoma, observed appellant exit her automobile and stagger toward a nearby grocery store. The officer approached appellant, who walked with an extremely staggered gait, and smelled a strong odor of alcohol. He…