People v. Corsini

Opinion

CROSBY, J.

—Victor Aldo Corsini pleaded guilty to felony drunk driving (former Veh. Code, § 23101) after his motion to suppress a blood sample taken to determine his blood-alcohol level was denied.

I

Shortly after midnight on November 8, 1981, Corsini, alone in his vehicle, crossed over the center line on Pacific Coast Highway and struck another car head on. Officers Payne and Strohmeyer of the California Highway Patrol arrived at the scene; Strohmeyer detected the odor of alcohol on Corsini’s breath and noted his speech was slurred and his eyes were red, watery, and droopy. Corsini’s…