McLaughlin v. State

GRANT, District Judge.

Just before 11:00 p.m., December 19, 1986, on Interstate Highway 25 near the McKinley Street exit, Casper, Wyoming, Robbyn Malone was killed when the speeding car from which she was ejected rolled over her head inflicting a massive crushing trauma. The car’s driver was Robbyn’s boyfriend, the father of her child, and. appellant, Robert McLaughlin. Appellant was drunk.

McLaughlin was charged with violating W.S. 6 — 2—106(b)(ii), aggravated homicide by vehicle, which required the State to prove that he operated or drove a vehicle in a reckless manner and his conduct was the…