State v. Kirby

Defendant was convicted after trial by court of knowingly operating a motor vehicle to which an unassigned certificate of inspection was attached, 23 V.S.A. § 1223, and of operating a motor vehicle on the left side of the road, 23 V.S.A. § 1031 (a). He appeals both convictions. We affirm.

On March 13, 1982, defendant, while operating his wife’s 1976 Subaru, approached a sharp right curve on Miles Point Road in Colchester, Vermont. After negotiating the curve, defendant’s car struck the left rear quarter-panel of an oncoming vehicle on the opposite side of the road. The road was unpaved,…