State v. Beam

KURT S. ODENWALD, Presiding Judge.

Introduction

Paula Beam (Beam) appeals from the judgment entered by the Circuit Court of Perry County following a bench trial in which Beam was convicted of a class D felony of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, and the misdemeanor charges of failure to maintain financial responsibility, and improper turn on a divided highway. 1 Beam was sentenced to one year of incarceration. The trial court suspended the execution of Beam’s sentence and placed her on probation. Because the information filed by the State was insufficient to charge Beam with an…