State v. Berliner

Defendant, while intoxicated, lost control of his vehicle and drove it off of a rural road. As a result of the accident, one of his passengers suffered fatal injuries and another was seriously injured. A jury found defendant guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, manslaughter in the second degree, assault in the third degree, driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII), reckless driving, and reckless endangerment of another person. On appeal, he maintains that the trial court erred with respect to matters involving jury selection, the admission of unfairly prejudicial evidence of…