Pryor v. State

Frankum, Judge.

1. The defendant was tried and convicted for the offense of leaving the scene of an accident as prohibited by Code Ann. §§ 68-1618—68-1620. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial upon the general grounds. Briefly, the evidence shows that an automobile driven by the defendant had stalled, or was moving slowly near a high point of a viaduct at Sylvania, Georgia. A vehicle driven by the prosecutrix came over the rise and struck the defendant’s car from the rear. From that point of time the evidence is in sharp conflict as to whether the defendant drove off without stopping…