Hubbard v. Commonwealth

Opinion

WILLIS, J.

On appeal of her conviction for involuntary manslaughter, the appellant, Anne L. Hubbard, contends that the trial court erred (1) in permitting reconstructed opinion evidence of her speed, and (2) in receiving this evidence although it was of a type not to be helpful to the jury. We find no error and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Around midnight on March 17, 1989, Anne L. Hubbard, with her friend, Mary Hamilton, as a passenger, left a party and proceeded east on River Road toward Richmond. A friend of Miss Hubbard’s, David Cox, overtook them and began “tailgating”…