People v. López Rodríguez
People v. López Rodríguez
Opinion of the Court
The evidence on defendant’s state of intoxication was conflicting. That of the district attorney tended to show that when the automobile accident occurred, one of the automobiles being operated by defendant, the latter smelled of liquor, staggered, talked incoherently and zigzagged, the police sergeant concluded that defendant was in a state of intoxication; that defendant was at a farewell party for his brother who was leaving for the United States; although at first defendant consented to submit to a blood or urine test, he refused to do so when he arrived at the hospital. The defense evidence tended to show that defendant did not smell of liquor, talked coherently and did not stagger, that his condition was normal and not in a state of intoxication.
The judgment appealed from will be affirmed.
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