State v. Peters

Defendant appeals from his conviction, after a jury tried, of driving while under the influence of intoxicants. He raises two assignments of error.

When defendant was arrested, the officer made an audio tape recording of the entire process, including the observations of two eyewitnesses who were called to testify at trial, and also took handwritten notes, which he later transcribed. The tape and notes were both turned over to the District Attorney’s office. Following defendant’s request for pretrial disclosure, the state disclosed the existence of the typewritten notes and the police…