OVERSTREET v. STATE

OVERSTREET v. STATE
1951 OK CR 87
233 P.2d 320
94 Okl.Cr. 226
Case Number: A-11357
Decided: 06/27/1951
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

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Appeal and Error Sufficiency of Evidence, Though Conflicting, to Sustain Verdict. Criminal Court of Appeals will not substitute its judgment for that of the jury where there is a conflict in the evidence and the evidence of the state is sufficient to support the verdict of the jury.

Appeal from County Court, Kiowa County; Clarence W. Hunter, Judge.

Woodrow Wilson Overstreet was convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and he appeals. Affirmed.

Hughes & Hughes, Hobart, for plaintiff in error.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

JONES, J.

The defendant was charged by an information filed in the county court of Kiowa county with driving a motor vehicle on the public highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, was tried, convicted, and pursuant to the verdict of the jury was sentenced to pay a fine of $30 and costs; and has appealed.

The evidence of the state showed that the defendant about 10:30 p.m. drove a truck and semi-trailer into the rear of a car parked parallel to the curb in the town of Lone Wolf. The arresting officers testified that defendant was intoxicated. The defendant testified that his occupation was a truck driver and that he had been driving a truck for ten or twelve years and had never been arrested for any offense. He admitted that he had drunk some beer with some friends not long before the collision occurred but denied that he was intoxicated to any extent.

No brief has been filed on behalf of the defendant. Under the rules of this court, where the defendant failed to file a brief, we examine the record for fundamental error and if none is found the judgment is affirmed.

Finding no substantial error in the record, the judgment and sentence of the county court of Kiowa county is affirmed.

BRETT, P.J., and POWELL, J., concur.