Turrell v. State

Appellant was convicted on the second count of an affidavit drawn under § 52 of the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, § 47-2001, Burns’ 1940 Replacement, § 11189-62, Baldwin’s Supp. 1939, defining the crime of reckless homicide and prescribing penalties.

Error is assigned on the overruling of appellant’s motion to quash the affidavit. After charging the offense substantially in the language of the first sentence of the statute, namely, driving a vehicle with reckless disregard for the safety of others and thereby causing the death of another person, the affidavit continues with…