People v. Lewis

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Montgomery County, rendered May 28, 1975, upon a verdict convicting defendant of criminally negligent homicide. On the night in question, at about 8:30 p.m., the defendant, while driving a car in which his girlfriend was the sole passenger, skidded off a residential street in Amsterdam and collided with a tree. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene. The defendant suffered a laceration across the top of his forehead which required stitching at the hospital. The X rays taken of defendant were negative for fracture, but the attending physician…