State v. Freeman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Holmes, J.:

This is an appeal by the State of Kansas in a criminal prosecution from an order of the district court dismissing two counts of a four-count information.

On June 19, 1982, a pickup truck driven by the defendant, James D. Freeman, II, was involved in a two-vehicle collision at the junction of Highways 81 and 24 in Cloud County. A passenger in the other vehicle, Edward Strecker, subsequently died. The State alleges Mr. Strecker died as a result of injuries received in the accident and that the accident was caused by the defendant. Defendant was…