Court Opinion

ID: 9584216
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:45:35.456514+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:07:07.947515
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Hannon, Judge,
dissenting.
I must respectfully dissent. In my opinion, no one who has gone into a ditch while riding a motorcycle after losing control of it, as Blackman admits he did, lies down beside the vehicle and proceeds to get drunk while remaining in that ditch. Furthermore, it is impossible for such a person to do so without the presence of a container from which to get the alcohol. With these and similar thoughts in mind, I am confident that Blackman was at least as drunk when he drove into the ditch as he was when Officer Neumiller observed his condition. I think the circumstances are more than adequate to support a verdict of guilt.