State v. Gates

Defendant Andrew P. Gates was charged, tried, convicted and sentenced in the Court of Common Pleas of Hardin County for the crime of aggravated vehicular homicide in violation of R.C. 2903.06.

There was evidence that the defen dant and the decedent had been attending the same party at an establishment known as the Red Fox Inn which began the evening of September 18, 1981, and extended into the early morning hours of September 19, 1981; and that at approximately 1:00 a.m. they both left the party, each driving his own car, the decedent driving east thence north on S.R. 235 and the defendant…