State v. Clark

In this criminal case, defendant appeals a judgment convicting her of seven misdemeanors, all of which arose from a traffic accident. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in giving a jury instruction regarding the duties of a driver and in failing to clarify the instruction. She argues that the instruction was improper and its use created a likelihood that the jury would convict her of the six charged crimes that required recklessness even if it found that she acted with a less-than-reckless mental state. We affirm.

Defendant’s charges arose from a traffic accident that took place at…