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STATE v. MEARNS

No. 1476-1.

7 Wn. App. 818 (1972)

502 P.2d 1228

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. JAMES ALBERT MEARNS, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One — Panel 1.

November 13, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie M. Yates, for appellant.

Christopher T. Bayley, Prosecuting Attorney, and John E. Nelson, Deputy, for respondent.

CALLOW, J.

The defendant was convicted of negligent homicide by a jury and has appealed. The sole issue is whether in a negligent homicide prosecution it is necessary for the state to establish a causal connection between the defendant's impairment of driving as a result of his drinking and the accident. The death of the victim occurred at approximately 1 o'clock in the morning of October 24, 1971, when the defendant's...

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