STATE v. PETERSON

No. 38,564.

266 Minn. 77 (1963)

123 N.W. (2d) 177

STATE v. FLOYD LAVERN PETERSON.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth K. McMillan, for appellant.

Walter F. Mondale, Attorney General, Charles E. Houston, Solicitor General, and Wallace C. Sieh, County Attorney, for respondent.


ROGOSHESKE, JUSTICE.

Defendant was charged with criminal negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle under Minn. St. 169.11, and he appeals from the judgment of conviction entered after a jury verdict of guilty.

One of defendant's companions, who was a passenger in his automobile, met death when defendant failed to negotiate a curve on U.S. Highway No. 16 some 10 miles east of Austin, Minnesota. This highway runs east and west, and the curve, which runs...

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