State v. Salazar

OPINION

BIRDSALL, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was convicted of manslaughter, two counts of endangerment and driving while intoxicated, all arising from a two-car collision at the intersection of Interstate-10 and Speedway Boulevard in Tucson. The first three crimes were found to be of a dangerous nature and the appellant received presumptive concurrent sentences.

We must decide whether reversible error occurred when the trial court: 1) refused to permit defense counsel to show that a witness, the manslaughter victim’s wife, had brought a wrongful death action against the appellant; 2)…