CUNNINGHAM v. STATE

No. 34482.

356 S.W.2d 319 (1962)

Mildred CUNNINGHAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, Carol S. Vance, Assts. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


McDONALD, Judge.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of $200 and 20 days in jail.

Evidence adduced by the State upon the trial below shows the following; that around 1:10 A.M. in the morning of January 9, 1961, appellant was stopped for speeding by two patrolmen of the City of Houston Police Department; that upon observing appellant, they found she spoke in a "slurred" manner, hard to understand, "thicktongued" type of speech;...

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