State v. Parker

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Billie Joe Parker, appeals his bench trial conviction in the Associate Circuit Court of Ralls County for failing to yield the right of way in a controlled intersection. We affirm.

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on March 16, 1989, Lawrence Aden, an over the road truck driver for Gully Transportation, was travelling northbound in the right-hand lane of Highway 61 approaching its intersection with Highway 19. This portion of Highway 61 is a four lane highway separated by a grass median. The intersections of Highways 19 and 61 are controlled by a flashing…