State v. Chitwood

| 1. Andrew G. Chitwood appeals from a judgment of conviction rendered after a *135jury found him guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs and after revocation. During trial, the State offered the testimony of Nathan Peskie, a drug recognition evaluator, who had examined Chitwood while he was in the hospital after a single-car accident and concluded that he was impaired by a central nervous system depressant and narcotic analgesic. Peskie's testimony was admitted over the objection of defense counsel who argued that Peskie's opinion was unreliable and, thus, inadmissible…