STATE v. VOGEL

Cr. No. 900197.

467 N.W.2d 86 (1991)

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Steven William VOGEL, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

March 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Reisenauer (argued), Asst. States Atty., Fargo, for plaintiff and appellee.

William Kirschner & Associates, Fargo, for defendant and appellant, argued by William Kirschner, Fargo.


MESCHKE, Justice.

Steven William Vogel appealed his jury conviction of the offense of actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. We hold that the legislature defined the crime without unconstitutionally shifting the burden of proof to the accused, but that the trial court improperly did so by instructing the jury on the effect of evidence of Vogel's intoxilyzer test. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

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