Pierson v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

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• holding that testimony about driving under the influence in a homicide by vehicle case did not warrant a mistrial where the reference was brief, the court offered a prompt instruction, and that instruction was sufficient to overcome prejudice
• finding the evidence sufficient to support a homicide by vehicle conviction under this section, where the evidence showed that the defendant had driven his vehicle at an unsafe speed and, as a result, his car struck and killed the victim
• curative instruction to jury adequate to obviate prejudice from remark made by witness

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