Wilkes v. State

Phipps, Judge.

A jury found Raymond Wilkes guilty of homicide by vehicle in the first degree for causing the death of M. S. and guilty of causing serious injury by vehicle to M. S.’s mother. Wilkes appeals his conviction of homicide by vehicle, contesting the sufficiency of the evidence. Because the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction, we affirm.

Viewed in a light favorable to the verdict, the evidence adduced at trial showed that on July 1, 1998, at about 3:00 p.m., M. S. was a passenger in a Buick Century car driven by her mother as they traveled north on Interstate 95 in Camden…