State v. Outzen

Chief Justice Durrant,

opinion of the Court:

Introduction

¶ 1 Hours after ingesting marijuana, Wyatt Jeff Outzen fell .asleep at, the wheel and caused a two-car collision. Sobriety tests revealed that Mr. Outzen was not too impaired to drive, but a blood test revealed that he had the primary metabolite of marijuana in his system. He was charged under Utah Code section 41-6a-517 for operating a motor vehicle with a metabolite of a controlled substance in his body...After entering a guilty plea in justice court, Mr. Outzen appealed his conviction to the district court. There, he moved to dismiss,…