STATE v. COX

No. 92-332.

500 N.W.2d 23 (1993)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Michael Allen COX, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Kevin Cmelik, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Thomas S. Tauber, Asst. Atty. Gen., W. Wayne Saur, County Atty., and John F. Hofmeyer III, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, CARTER, LAVORATO, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


ANDREASEN, Justice.

Although other issues are raised in this appeal, the determinative issue is whether there is substantial evidence in the record to support the defendant's conviction of vehicular homicide. Finding insufficient evidence to support the judgment of conviction, we reverse.

I. Background.

At about 10:30 a.m. on October 8, 1990, a pickup truck operated by twenty-four-year-old Michael Allen Cox collided with a minivan operated...

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