PEOPLE v. CHAFFEY

Docket No. B080671.

25 Cal.App.4th 852 (1994)

30 Cal. Rptr. 757

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THERESA M. CHAFFEY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

June 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stein & Casciola and Jeffrey R. Stein for Defendant and Appellant.

Barry T. LaBarbera, District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

GILBERT, J.

A person takes an overdose of a prescription medicine for the purpose of committing suicide. The label warns that the medicine can cause drowsiness. The overdose does not cause death. It renders the person unconscious so that she has no awareness of what she is doing. While in this unconscious state, she drives a car and is arrested and convicted for driving under the influence of an intoxicating drug.

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