Fugate v. Commonwealth

445 S.W.2d 675 (1969)

Lonnie FUGATE, Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 3, 1969.

Courtney C. Wells, Hazard, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Joseph Eckert, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

PALMORE, Judge.

At about dusk on April 7, 1968, Bernis Campbell was struck and killed by a motor vehicle moving northward on Kentucky Highway 267 in Perry County. There were no eyewitnesses other than the occupant or occupants of the vehicle involved, which evidently left the scene without stopping. On the basis of testimony by witnesses…