State v. Walton

WALLACE, Judge.

A Ford Escort occupied by John Alfred Walton III and two companions — all of whom had been drinking for several hours and exhibited signs of impairment — ran a red light and struck a minivan, causing serious bodily injury to a small child in the minivan. In a prosecution for driving under the influence (DUI) with serious bodily injury, the circuit court granted Mr. Walton’s motion to suppress his postcrash admissions that he had been driving the Escort on the ground that the State could not establish the corpus delicti of the offense. Mr. Walton argued, and the circuit court…