State v. Hanson

JOHNSON, Judge.

On November 17, 1954, in the county court of increased jurisdiction of Cass County, North Dakota, the defendant was convicted by a jury of the crime of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He has appealed.

On August 27, 1954, between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m., the defendant was driving his automobile on Highway Ten in an easterly direction approximately twenty-seven miles west of Fargo, North Dakota. Highway Patrolman Koehn was also driving in the same direction behind the defendant. He noticed that the defendant swung across the center line of…