Burchett v. Commonwealth

On December 12, 1997, Appellant George H. Burchett, Jr., drove his vehicle past a stop sign without slackening speed and into the Bloyds Crossing intersection of Kentucky highways 61 and 569 in Green County, Kentucky, and collided with a vehicle being driven by Sherman Darnell. Darnell, who had the right of way at the intersection, was resultantly killed. Appellant was indicted for manslaughter in the second degree and, following a trial by jury, convicted of reckless homicide and sentenced to imprisonment for five years. To prove a criminal mens rea, Le., wantonness or recklessness, as…