Legal Opinion
State v. Lorey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 11, 1924PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal from Polk District Court. — W. G-. BoNner, Judge. The defendant was indicted for tbe crime of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The court sustained the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFaville, J.
Chapter 275 of the Acts of the Thirty-eighth General Assembly provides:
“Whoever operates a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as provided by Section 4906 of the Code.”
Appellee was charged with violation of this statute. The evidence in behalf of the State disclosed that, on or about the date charged in the indictment, a Ford car collided with a Ford coupe near a street intersection in the city of Des Moines. A policeman who heard the crash, and who was standing across the street from where the collision occurred, went…
2Cited by6 opinions
- State v. WebbSupreme Court of Iowa · 1926
- State v. HiattSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
- State v. HooperSupreme Court of Iowa · 1936
- State v. FranklinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1951
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1952
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