Groves v. State

BUCHANAN, Chief Judge.

CASE SUMMARY

Defendant-appellant Douglas Groves (Groves) appeals his conviction by the court of driving while intoxicated, 1 a class A misdemeanor, claiming that the evidence produced at trial was insufficient to prove that he was intoxicated while driving and that the trial court's ruling regarding proof of corpus delicti constituted reversible error.

We affirm.

FACTS

The facts most favorable to the State show that at approximately 11:00 p.m. on January 19, 1984, State Trooper Mike Tarrh (Tarrh) responded to a report of a one-car accident on the grounds of the Lo-gansport…