State v. Berchtold

WADE, Justice.

Defendant, Joseph Berchtold, appeals from a conviction by a jury of negligent homicide, 1 an indictable misdemeanor. Defendant was charged with the death of Nora Jean Christiansen by driving his car in reckless disregard for her safety as his passenger.

On April IS, 1959, defendant drove his 1959 two-door Chevrolet sedan with his friend, Joseph Van Forrest, from Brigham City, their home town, through Logan in Cache Valley north to Smithfield, then several miles west to Newton, and while doing so crossed the Bear River bridge. There they picked up Nora, Forrest’s girl friend, and…