Legal Opinion
State v. Easler
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 28, 1997No. 24655PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLER, Justice:
We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision in State v. Easler, 322 S.C. 333, 471 S.E.2d 745 (Ct.App.1996). We affirm as modified.
FACTS
On April 15, 1994, Petitioner, Kenneth Wayne Easier, while driving a pickup truck in Cherokee County, crossed the center line of a street and struck an oncoming vehicle head-on. The driver of the vehicle, Constance Roberts, was seriously injured and her 7-year old son, Cornelius, was killed. A breathalyzer test administered shortly after the collision revealed Easler’s blood alcohol content to be .20.
Easier was subsequently…
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