Legal Opinion
State v. Tho Ngoc Nguyen
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1997No. NonePublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERTSON, Justice.
[¶ 1.] Tho Nguyen (Nguyen) appeals judgment and sentencing from his conviction of vehicular homicide. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
[¶ 2.] On December 12, 1995, at approximately 5:30 a.m., two vehicles hit head-on near an intersection on the edge of Sioux Falls. The driver of one car, Laurence Metz, was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. The driver of the other vehicle, Nguyen, was taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries.
[¶ 3.] Weather and road conditions were generally clear, and the collision occurred in a well-lit area of Rice Street just east of…
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