Legal Opinion
State v. Root
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided April 14, 1999No. 1 CA-CR 97-0737PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARBARINO, Judge
¶ 1 Lance Allen Root (the defendant) appeals his conviction and sentence for aggravated driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs (aggravated DUI), a class 4 felony. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2 In the early morning hours of April 21,1996, a Mesa police officer responded to a report of a two-car accident. ' While the officer was speaking with T.B., the driver of one of the vehicles, the defendant, the driver of the other vehicle, approached T.B. and apologized to her for the accident. Upon questioning the…
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