State v. LaPlante

NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER, Judge.

Andrew Laplante (“Appellant”) appeals his conviction for Driving While Intoxicated on the grounds that the trial court erroneously construed the meaning of “motor vehicle” in the Driving While Intoxicated Statute to include motorized bicycles. We affirm.

On May 3, 2002, at approximately 2:11 a.m., Officer Brian Phillips of the Springfield Police Department observed two mini-bikes, operating without lights, traveling northbound on John Q. Hammons Parkway. One of the mini-bikes was a Honda mini-bike, and the other was what appeared to be a homemade model. When…