State v. Johnson

HENRIOD, Justice.

Appeal from a conviction of automobile homicide. 1 Affirmed.

Defendant stakes his appeal upon an interpretation of the statute, aptly urging the focal point of this case when he says, “there is only one issue * * *. What degree of negligence is necessary to convict a person under * * * 76-30-7.4?”

It is contended that the phrase, “reckless, negligent or careless,” is the counterpart and/or synonymous with the follow-up disjunctive phrase found in the same sentence which interdicts the operation of a vehicle in a “wanton or reckless disregard of human life or safety.” The latter…