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WILLIAMS v. COM.

Record No. 831620.

323 S.E.2d 73 (1984)

Charles Thomas WILLIAMS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry W. Garrett, Jr., Bedford (George Carl Boggess, Garrett & Boggess, Bedford, on brief), for appellant.

Roger L. Chaffe, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

On the night of January 7, 1983, the defendant, Charles Thomas Williams, was driving west on U.S. Route 460 in Bedford County when he struck and killed a pedestrian, Mark Forest Reeves. Charged with involuntary manslaughter, Williams was convicted by a jury and sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary.1

The evidence showed that Reeves was walking with his back to traffic along the right-hand westbound...

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