State v. Mearns

7 Wn. App. 818 (1972)

502 P.2d 1228

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,

v.

JAMES ALBERT MEARNS, Appellant.

No. 1476-1.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One — Panel 1.

November 13, 1972.

Leslie M. Yates, for appellant.

Christopher T. Bayley, Prosecuting Attorney, and John E. Nelson, Deputy, for respondent.

CALLOW, J.

The defendant was convicted of negligent homicide by a jury and has appealed. The sole issue is whether in a negligent homicide prosecution it is necessary for the state to establish a causal connection between the defendant's impairment of driving as a result of his drinking…