State v. Tempesta

COLLINS, Justice.

Gerald Tempesta appeals from judgment entered in Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Alexander, J.) affirming the judgment of the District Court (Lewiston, Beli-veau, J.) convicting him of driving to endanger in violation of 29 M.R.S.A. § 1314 (Pamph.1991) for splashing snow slush onto a police cruiser and two other vehicles. 1 Because we agree with Tempesta’s assertion that the State failed to prove that his splashing snow slush was criminally negligent, we vacate the conviction.

The court heard the following evidence: At about 8:45 AM on Sunday, March 24, 1991, Tempesta was…