Court: | Supreme Court of Wisconsin |
Facts: | Defendant, intoxicated, runs over a kid on the side of the road. |
Posture: | Jury waived; convicted at trial. |
Issue: | Is a formal showing of negligence required? |
Holding: | No. Affirmed. |
Rule: | The state doesn't have to show that the accident wouldn't have happened had the defendant been sober. |
Reasoning: | It doesn't matter that one witness thought the accident was unavoidable. |
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