Beeman v. State

The appellant was charged by way of second amended affidavit with the offense of reckless homicide as defined by §52, ch. 48, Acts 1939, being §47-2001 of Burns’ 1942 Repl. His motion to quash was overruled, whereupon he entered a plea of not guilty. He waived trial by jury, was found guilty by the court, and was sentenced to imprisonment for six months at the Indiana State Farm. His motion for new trial was overruled and this appeal perfected.

The affidavit alleges, in substance, that the appellant was driving a loaded tractor semi-trailer unit in a southerly direction on U. S. 27, which was…