Riley v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The record having been perfected, the opinion dismissing the appeal is withdrawn and the appeal is reinstated.

The conviction is for negligent homicide in the second degree; the punishment, eighteen months in jail.

The complaint and information charged that while engaged in performance of an unlawful act and operating a motor vehicle on a public street in an urban district at a greater rate of speed than thirty miles per hour, the appellant did, as a result of said unlawful act, by negligence and carelessness cause the death of Nicanor Velasquez by causing his (appellant’s)…