Kansas City v. Verstraete

PRITCHARD, Judge.

In this appeal from a conviction of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (Section 34.113, Revised Ordinance of Kansas City), a main issue is whether there was sufficient evidence of appellant’s driving the vehicle (a part of the corpus delicti) so as to cause appellant’s out of court statements to be admissible.

On March 20, 1971, at approximately 7:35 p. m., Officer Richard K. Weidemeyer was dispatched to 4018 Warwick in Kansas City to investigate an accident. He found appellant at the scene, and talked with him there. “A The defendant stated to me…