Legal Opinion
State v. Hamrick
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided March 2, 1978No. 2918-2PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPearson, C.J.
On January 22, 1977, a state patrol officer investigated a 2-car accident approximately 4 miles west of Morton, Washington, on state route 12. As a result of that investigation, Edgar T. Hamrick was charged with driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The State appeals from an order dismissing the charge for failure to establish the corpus delicti. The issue on appeal is whether the State's evidence satisfactorily established that Mr. Hamrick was driving or was in actual physical control of a vehicle. We affirm the dismissal.
The State's evidence primarily consisted of the…
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