STATE v. BETTS

No. 47,246

214 Kan. 271 (1974)

519 P.2d 655

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. PAUL DALTON BETTS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Stephen Nyswonger, of Braun and Nyswonger, of Garden City, argued the cause, and Lelyn J. Braun, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for the appellant.

Harrison Smith, county attorney, argued the cause, and Vern Miller, attorney general, was with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FOTH, C.:

Appellant Paul Dalton Betts was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on a charge that while driving his automobile under the influence of intoxicating liquor he struck and killed a pedestrian. His primary contention on appeal is that the state's only evidence of his intoxication was too remote in time to be admissible or to provide the basis for a reasonable inference...

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