Commonwealth v. Barnhill

WILHOIT, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Carlisle Circuit Court dismissing an indictment charging the appellee, Lloyd Barnhill, with reckless homicide under KRS 507.050.

As the result of an automobile accident involving an automobile allegedly driven by appellee, a passenger in the automobile was apparently killed. A state trooper investigating the accident issued a citation charging Mr. Barnhill with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating beverages (KRS 189.520). The following day Mr. Barnhill was taken before the Judge of the Carlisle Quarterly…