State v. Humphrey

In his appeal from a conviction of evading responsibility, the defendant claims that the court erred as a matter of law in concluding that he violated the applicable statute, § 14-224 of the General Statutes.

There is no dispute about the facts, which are as follows: On January 1, 1961, an automobile operated by Theresa O. Garrity and carrying as pas*2sengers her husband, Earl Garrity, on the right front seat, and her two children on the back seat, was stopped on Center Street in Manchester preparatory to making a left turn into Proctor Road and was struck in the rear by a car operated by the…