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299 S.W.2d 948

Lyons v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 20, 1957

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1957-03-20

Relies on Shipley v. State · Tiffin v. State

Decided 1957-03-20

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

¶1The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment; 185 days in jail and a fine of- $200'. ’

¶2The sole question presented for review is the sufficiency of the evidence to show that the appellant was the driver of the automobile in question.

¶3State Highway Patrolmen Roberts and Smith both testified that the appellant was intoxicated on the day in question when they brought a 1939 model Chevrolet pickup to a halt east of Waco, but neither of them testified that the appellant was driving the pickup or how many people were in the same. The appellant and a witness whom he called denied that the appellant was intoxicated on the occasion in question, but neither of them were questioned as to who was driving the pickup.

¶4We have concluded that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. Sharp v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 296 S.W.2d 932, and Moore v. State, 158 Tex.Cr.R. 234, 254 S.W.2d 520.

¶5The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

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