Solar v. United States

HOOD, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of negligent homicide. 1 The accident occurred in the intersection of 12th and P Streets, Northwest. Appellant was driving east on P Street and a taxicab was proceeding south on 12th Street. Appellant’s car struck the right rear of the taxicab and the collision forced the taxicab into a spin and across the intersection. A three-year old child who was standing on the curb at the southeast comer of the intersection was pinned between the rear of the taxicab and a tree and crushed to death.

The first error assigned is the refusal of the…