Commonwealth v. Honeycutt

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

This is an appeal from the lower court’s denial of motions in arrest of judgment or for a new trial in an involuntary manslaughter case raising primarily the question of whether the trial court erred in permitting a witness to testify as to the defendant’s manner of driving prior to a violent rear-end collision between defendant’s car and the car of the deceased, Alvin Wilkins. The defendant, Nathaniel Honeycutt, was tried and convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter. The defendant’s theory is that the testimony of a Mrs. Wright was irrelevant because her…