State v. Maddox

OPINION

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

The defendant, convicted of one count of vehicular homicide, raises a single issue on appeal:

Did the trial court abuse its discretion in refusing defendant’s request to have the jury view the accident scene?

Defendant’s conviction followed an automobile accident in which a 66-year-old woman was killed. The accident occurred just before sundown on November 21,1981; the case was tried on July 26, 1982. The collision occurred when an elderly woman, driving in a westerly direction, attempted to turn left at an intersection. She was struck by defendant’s ear, which was…