State v. Meany

Knutson, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, for a new trial.

Defendant was indicted by the Hennepin County grand jury on February 9, 1960, for the crime of criminal negligence. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, as hereinafter set forth.

The charge arose out of an automobile accident in the village of Bloomington on January 28, 1960, when an automobile driven by defendant struck and killed Patricia Sands, a young girl walking either on the highway or adjacent to it. The…