Case Name: Thomas Foster Jackson v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1958-06-11
Citations: 166 Tex. Crim. 348
Docket Number: No. 29,925
Parties: Thomas Foster Jackson v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 166
Pages: 348–349

Head Matter:
Thomas Foster Jackson v. State.
No. 29,925.
June 11, 1958.
Landis & Gregory, by Buddy W. Gregory, Houston, for appellant.
Dan Walton, District Attorney, Thomas D. White, Edward Michalek, Assistants District Attorney, Houston, and Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
WOODLEY, Judge.
The offense is driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, four days in jail and a fine of $75.
Officer Sims testified for the state, refreshing his memory from a writing he had in his hand.
Appellant's counsel requested that he be permitted to inspect the writing but the trial judge declined his request.
It is well settled that where a witness, while testifying, uses a writing to refresh his recollection, the defendant or his counsel is entitled to inspect the statement for cross-examination purposes. Green v. State, 53 Texas Cr. Rep. 490, 110 S.W. 920; Palacio v. State, 164 Texas Cr. Rep. 460, 301 S.W. 2d 166; McCormick & Ray, Texas Law of Evidence, 2d Ed., p. 449, Sec. 553; 44 Texas Jur., p. 1140, Sec. 144; Branch's Ann. P.C. 2d Ed. 189, Sec. 182.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.