Case Name: S. M. McELROY v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1927-06-08
Citations: 295 S.W. 1117
Docket Number: No. 10982
Parties: S. M. McELROY v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 295
Pages: 1117–1117

Head Matter:
S. M. McELROY v. STATE.
(No. 10982.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 8, 1927.
Elliott & Moss, of Memphis, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, J.
Conviction for driving an automobile while intoxicated; punishment, one year in the penitentiary. The record is before us without any statement of facts or bills of exception. Appellant presented a motion for new trial, it being suggested therein that at the time he went to trial in this case he came into court in a state of absolute drunkenness, which fact was known to all of the jury which tried him, and was believed by appellant to have caused the severe penalty which was inflicted upon him. The court heard evidence on this point and overruled the motion. We perceive no error in the action of the court. Finding no error in the record, the judgment will be affirmed.