State v. Hagge

PAULSON, Judge.

The defendant, Marvin Hagge, has appealed to this court from the verdict of guilty and final judgment upon a conviction of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree in the Ward County District Court, as well as from the order denying a motion for a new trial.

This is the second time we have considered this case. Our first opinion can be found in State v. Hagge, 211 N.W.2d 395 (N.D.1973).

A motorist, on the evening of June 8, 1972, reported an accident involving a boy on a bicycle and a red pickup truck with a white camper top. In the course of investigating such accident…