State v. Trucott

This is an appeal by defendant from his conviction, after trial by jury, of being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a public highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of 23 V.S.A. § 1201(a) (2). We affirm.

Defendant presents four issues for review, breaking down each issue into subissues. We identify and discuss the several issues and their components below seriatim.

The factual background of the charge is relatively simple. At approximately ten o’clock in the evening of August 10,1982, a state police officer responded to a call reporting a vehicle…