Britt v. Commonwealth

PALMORE, Justice.

On the afternoon of December 18, 1972, an automobile occupied by Kenneth Aring- ton and the appellant, H. C. Britt, Jr., struck and fatally injured a small boy on a street near the outskirts of Mayfield, Kentucky. The car did not stop, but from a description and partial license-plate number furnished by a witness the police were able within the next three hours to identify it as belonging to Arington, whom they arrested at his home in Mayfield between 6:00 and 6:30 of the same evening. The time of the accident was about 3 :30 P.M.

When apprehended, Arington began to cry and…