The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that riding a horse while drunk is legal. The ruling reversed a DWI conviction against a caballero in a 2002 incident in which a drunk driver's truck hit a rider's horse as they were leaving a rural bar. Citing an analogous incident from Utah, the majority opinion found the state's drunk driving law was sufficiently "vague" when referring to animals, and the sentence was deemed unconstitutional.
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Horse Riders Can't Be 'Drunken Drivers,' Say Pa. Justices
The Associated Press
September 24, 2004
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