State v. Abbott

Defendant was convicted of operating a motor vehicle on a highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, 23 V.S.A. § 1201(a)(2), and presents two questions on appeal: (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant’s motion for a mistrial, and (2) whether it was error for the trial court to deny defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal. The answer to both questions is no, and we therefore affirm.

Defendant was stopped for speeding by a state trooper while traveling north on Vermont Route 116 near the Village of Hines- burg. The speed limit is fifty miles…