State v. Cox

SHRUM, Presiding Judge.

The state charged the defendant, John Cox, with involuntary manslaughter, in violation of § 565.024, RSMo 1986. The trial court sustained the defendant’s pre-trial motion to suppress evidence that he refused to submit to a blood alcohol test. The state appeals; we affirm.1

FACTS

On October 19, 1990, on U.S. Highway 54 in Miller County, Missouri, a pick-up truck driven by the defendant collided with a passenger car occupied by Shanna Need-ham. As a result of injuries she sustained in the accident, Ms. Needham died the following day.

The defendant was taken to a hospital for…