Tennessee Supreme Court· 3/1/1993

State v. Lawrence

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849 S.W.2d 761
1993 Tenn. LEXIS 70

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holding that the totality of the circumstances approach is used to determine whether the defendant was in physical control of a vehicle
stating that Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-503 outlaws an intoxicated person’s mere physical control of a vehicle because an intoxicated person’s physical control of a vehicle renders it a lethal instrumentality
setting forth a test for the trier of fact to utilize “when the issue is the extent of the accused’s activity necessary to constitute physical control”
applying a totality of the circumstances approach in holding that the defendant was in physical control of a motor vehicle where the evidence showed that he was alone inside the vehicle, was behind the wheel, and possessed the keys
defendant’s truck stopped in the road, and defendant was asleep in the driver’s seat with the vehicle’s keys in his pocket; defendant “could have at any time started the engine and driven away”
defendant's truck stopped in the road, and defendant was asleep in the driver's seat with the vehicle's keys in his pocket; defendant “could have at any time started the engine and driven away”

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Judges: Drowota, Reid, O'Brien, Daughtrey, Anderson

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