State v. Bennion

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the state in the prosecution of the respondent, Steven Bennion, for an alleged violation of I.C. *182§ 49-641, the Idaho right-of-way statute regulating the operation of motor vehicles at intersections. The statute provides that

[w]hen two (2) vehicles approach or enter an intersection from different highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.

Bennion was cited with violation of the statute by a city police officer who investigated a collision between Bennion’s…