Kitsos v. State

John David Kitsos was charged in the alternative with manslaughter and vehicular homicide. A jury convicted him of criminally negligent homicide, a lesser included offense of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, was fined $1000, and was ordered to pay court costs and restitution. Kitsos raises three issues in this appeal from his conviction.

I

Kitsos contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal which was made at the close of the State's case.

"When a motion [for judgment of acquittal] is made on the ground that the State has failed to…