State v. Cleavor

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is an appeal from the Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision reversing the trial court’s denial of probation. For the reasons hereinafter stated, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals.

Defendant pled guilty to vehicular homicide. On the day of the offense, defendant left work in Westmoreland, driving his company’s van, to do some errands in another town. After he had driven approximately twenty-five miles, the van, traveling eastbound on a four-lane highway, left his lane of traffic and crossed over into the far west-bound lane, hitting a car head-on.…