State v. Lee

GULOTTA, Chief Judge.

We grant certiorari on relator’s application seeking to set aside a DWI conviction. According to defendant, the trial judge erred 1) by denying relator a jury trial, 2) by allowing a Mississippi River Bridge Police Officer to qualify as an expert in a DWI case; 3) by refusing to allow the defense to question a witness, who had filed a civil suit arising out of the DWI incident (in this regard, relator claims that he is denied the right to show bias on the part of the witness); and 4) by denying relator’s motion for an acquittal based on insufficient evidence.

The State’s…