Carothers v. State

1 Plaintiff in error, Herman Jessie Carothers, defendant below, was charged by information in the County Court
of Tillman County, Oklahoma, with the offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor,
the offense allegedly being committed in the said county and state on the twenty-third day of October, 1955. He was tried
by a jury, convicted, his punishment fixed at a fine of $1 and thirty days in the county jail. Judgment and sentence were
entered accordingly from which this appeal has been perfected. 2 The defendant presents but two propositions. The first is that the trial court permitted the defendant to be
interrogated on cross-examination relative to former convictions in the police court for being drunk and reckless driving
on prior occasions. This contention has been adversely decided to the defendant on a number of occasions among them being
Wheatley v. State, 77 Okl.Cr. 122, 139 P.2d 809, wherein it was held: