Simmers v. Commonwealth

Opinion

DUFF, J.

In June 1985, Roger Oliver Simmers was convicted of leaving the scene of an accident. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in refusing to vacate its sentencing order which suspended his penitentiary sentence on the condition that he not drive a motor vehicle for twenty years. We affirm.

Simmers was indicted for voluntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident, based on his involvement in an automobile accident in which two persons were seriously injured, one of whom subsequently died. The manslaughter count was amended at trial to driving under the…