State v. Ponthier

McFADDEN, Justice.

On April 9, 1966, the Ada County Sheriff’s office received a call reporting an automobile accident on Highway 44, near the Shady Acres Motel, about twelve miles west of Boise. Upon arrival at the scene of the accident, the officers found a 1954 Buick automobile resting in a canal and several packages of cigarettes and cigars floating in the water. The defendant, whom witnesses identified as the driver of the car, had been taken to the Shady Acres Motel to dry his clothes. The defendant was arrested at the motel by a deputy sheriff and by such officer charged with drunken…