State v. Hallett

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Defendant Kelly K. Hallett appeals his conviction of negligent homicide,1 in that he caused the death of Betty Jean Carley.

*337On the evening of September 24, 1977, a number of young people gathered at the defendant’s home in Kearns. During the evening, some of them engaged in drinking alcoholic beverages. At about 10:30 p. m., they left the home, apparently bent on revelry and mischief. When they got to the intersection of 5215 South and 4620 West, defendant and the codefendant Richard Felsch (not a party to this appeal) bent over a stop sign, which faced northbound…