BURNETT v. COMMONWEALTH


284 S.W.2d 654 (1955)

Caywood BURNETT, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene S. Wiggins, Wiggins & Wiggins, Richmond, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty Gen., John B. Browning, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

We sustain the motion of Caywood Burnett for an appeal from a judgment of conviction of assault and battery with an automobile. The penalty imposed was six months in jail and $2,500 fine.

The Commonwealth proved that the defendant operated an automobile on a Richmond street in a grossly negligent manner and struck Mrs. Oakley Wells at an intersection and seriously injured her. The sufficiency of that evidence to establish guilt prima...

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