State v. Dellinger
North Carolina Court of Appeals
327 S.E.2d 609 (1985)
The State (plaintiff) prosecuted Darrell Dellinger (defendant) for driving under the influence after he rode his horse on a public street while legally impaired by alcohol. Dellinger argued a horse could not be a "vehicle" under the DUI statute and that, even if it could, he was not "driving" it; the statute defined "vehicle" broadly as any device by which a person may be transported, excluding only devices moved by human power, and defined "driver" and "operator" in terms of controlling a vehicle in motion. The jury convicted him, and he appealed.
Whether an impaired-driving statute may broadly apply to non-traditional forms of transportation, including an animal being ridden on a public road.