Garland v. State

STATON, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Charles Garland was convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. 1 He appeals, raising two issues:(1) Whether sitting, with the lights on and motor running, behind the steering wheel of an automobile which has been driven into a snowbank constitutes operating a vehicle; and(2) If so, whether the evidence was suffi-client to show that Garland was intoxicated at that time.

Affirmed.

On February 8, 1982, Trooper Michael Janiczak of the Indiana State Police observed Garland sitting behind the wheel of a car which had been driven into the snow on the…