Lambert v. State

OPINION

SINGLETON, Judge.

David R. Lambert was convicted of driving while intoxicated, AS 28.35.030(a)(1), which provides:

A person commits the crime of driving while intoxicated if the person operates or drives a motor vehicle ... (1) while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. ...

Lambert appeals raising three interrelated contentions. First, he contends that the phrase “intoxicating liquor” is so vague that its use in the statute deprived him of due process of law. See State v. Erickson, 574 P.2d 1, 20 n. 125 (Alaska 1978). Second, in a related argument, Lambert contends that the…