State v. Humphrey

In his appeal from a conviction of evading responsibility, the defendant claims that the court erred as a matter of law in concluding that he violated the applicable statute, § 14-224 of the General Statutes.

There is no dispute about the facts, which are as follows: On January 1, 1961, an automobile operated by Theresa O. Garrity and carrying as passengers her husband, Earl Garrity, on the right front seat, and her two children on the back seat, was stopped on Center Street in Manchester preparatory to making a left turn into Proctor Road and was struck in the rear by a car operated by the…