Legal Opinion
State v. Crain
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 25, 1998No. 03C01-9604-CC-00149PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Judge.
Defendant, Benjamin D. Crain, pled guilty to driving while impaired and reserved for appellate purposes the issue of whether the driving while impaired statute is unconstitutional. We find the statute to be constitutional.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Defendant, age 19, was involved in an automobile accident. Upon being taken to a hospital for a blood analysis, he registered .08% blood alcohol content.
After being indicted for the offense of driving while impaired pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-10-415, defendant moved to dismiss the indictment alleging the unconstitutionality of the…
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