Man convicted in San Diego County’s first nitrous oxide DUI jury trial

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – San Diego County’s first jury trial for a DUI case involving nitrous oxide resulted in guilty verdicts against a 34-year-old man, the San Diego City Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.

The defendant was found on March 10 behind the wheel of a car that was partially on a sidewalk, according to prosecutors. He then struck a parked car as he tried to move his vehicle, after which officers saw him inhale from a nitrous oxide canister, then display “signs of impairment consistent with nitrous oxide use,” the City Attorney’s Office said.

Ten nitrous oxide canisters were later found inside the vehicle…

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