People v. Lewis

Opinion

LILLIE, Acting P. J.

A jury found defendant guilty of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of section 23101, subdivision (a), Vehicle Code, a felony. He appeals from the judgment.

At 10:30 p.m. on October 7, 1980, defendant with a passenger drove his Pontiac Trans-Am southbound on Highway 39 in Azusa Canyon, a mountain road, between 50 and 60 miles per hour; 1 attempting to round a curve near the San Gabriel Dam area, he applied the brakes but his car skidded into the left northbound lane of oncoming traffic causing a head-on collision with a Mazda driven…