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- Title: State V. Sampson
- Author : Supreme Court Of Iowa.
- Release Date : January 13, 1956
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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Defendant was convicted of the crime of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, second offense, as defined in section 321.281, Code of Iowa, 1954. At about 5 p.m. on July 19, 1955, Russell Hasty was driving west on U.S. Highway 92. According to his testimony, a few miles west of Knoxville he saw an automobile approaching. It was the car of the defendant. As defendant approached the Hasty car he suddenly turned from the southerly path of travel to the northerly path. Hasty thought he was driving into a farm driveway. In order to avoid him Hasty drove to the south driving pathway. Defendant then swerved into that pathway and a collision occurred. Both parties were severely injured and were taken to a hospital at Knoxville. Defendant lived at Winterset, and under admission and statements made by him he had taken a drink of whiskey before he left home and later spent over an hour in a tavern where he drank four bottles of beer. The highway patrolman, doctor, and nurse attending him, all testified they smelled liquor on his breath. A blood test was taken and the result of the test was his blood contained 186 mgs. of alcohol per 100 cc of whole blood. The doctor testified in his opinion if the alcohol reaches 150 mgs. the person is definitely drunk. The highway patrolman filed information against him. The Grand Jury indicted him. Upon trial he was convicted. He filed a motion [248 Iowa Page 461]
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