Ricks v. State

Beasley, Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction of homicide by vehicle in the first degree, OCGA § 40-6-393 (a), and denial of his motion for new trial brought on two grounds.

1. Sufficiency of the evidence. First degree homicide by a vehicle involves causing the death of another person, without malice aforethought, through violation of certain designated code sections regulating traffic. In this case the defendant was charged with a violation of OCGA § 40-6-390 (a), reckless driving.

Viewing the evidence in favor of judgment, the car defendant was driving entered a sharp left-hand curve in…