Adams v. State

OPINION

Judge ALLARD.

A jury convicted Nathan L. Adams of felony driving under the influence of clonazepam, a controlled substance. 1

Adams appeals his conviction, arguing that the trial court instructed the jury in a manner that allowed it to convict him of driving under the influence even if his impaired driving was due to his physical exhaustion rather than his ingestion of clonazepam. We conclude that the court's instructions adequately conveyed to the jury that it could not convict Adams unless (1) he was impaired to the extent that he could not operate a motor vehicle with the caution…