State v. Hamblin

DURHAM, Justice:

Appellant Joseph Scott Hamblin was convicted by a jury of automobile homicide in the Second Judicial District in Weber County. The questions on appeal concern Utah’s automobile homicide statute and the trial court’s jury instruction on causation. We affirm.

On the evening of December 15, 1981, Hamblin was driving north at a speed of 45 to 50 miles per hour on Riverdale Road in Weber County. The legal speed limit was 40 miles per hour. The road was wet, and an officer at the scene testified that a safe speed would have been between 30 and 35 miles per hour. As Hamblin approached…