SMITH v. COMMONWEALTH


195 S.E.2d 845 (1973)

Richard SMITH v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Miller, Lynchburg, for plaintiff in error.

James E. Kulp, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.


CARRICO, Justice.

The defendant, Richard Smith, was convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death of Everett Mc-Kinley Tayman. The sentence fixed by the jury, one year in the penitentiary, was imposed by the trial court. We granted a writ of error.

The accident in which Tayman met his death occurred at approximately 10 a. m. on December 25, 1971, at the intersection of 6th and Madison Streets...

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