State v. Laursen

Laursen was given two 5-year concurrent sentences for homicide while driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor in a head-on collision with a motorcycle, killing two people. His blood-alcohol content reg*874istered .19 at the time of collision. He admitted drinking beer with friends. He showed up at a hospital two hours after the collision, after having left the scene of the incident. He said he had nothing to drink after the incident, and said he did not remember anything after the collision.

The trial court instructed the jury as to a presumption under the drunken driving statute1…