State v. Villa

OPINION

ESPINOSA, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor while his license was suspended, a class five felony, and was placed on probation for three years on the condition that he serve six months in the Department of Corrections. On appeal, he contends that 1) his motion for directed verdict should have been granted because the state failed to establish the corpus delicti and failed to present substantial evidence to establish that his license was suspended, and 2) that a mistrial should have been granted because of the prosecutor’s…