State v. Engstrom

The defendant, Gerald Richard Engstrom, was charged and convicted upon three counts, in an infor mation for the crimes of negligent homicide, driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and failure to stop at the scene of an accident, all alleged to have been committed on the evening of June 7,1969.

The record indicates that the deceased victim, Ernest Brickner, at about 10 p.m. on June 7, 1969, was walking south on the shoulder of the northbound lane of a highway just outside of Kennewick, Washington. A witness, Paul Julson, testified that he was driving in a southerly direction…