State v. Sutton

NEUMAN, Justice.

Numerous legal challenges are raised in this appeal by Joseph Sutton from his conviction for aiding and abetting vehicular homicide by reckless driving. But the decisive issue is whether the facts fail to support the conviction as a matter of law. We conclude they do. We therefore vacate a contrary court of appeals decision and reverse the judgment of the district court.

I. Background Facts and Legal Proceedings.

On a sunny Saturday morning in an older residential neighborhood of Davenport, three-year-old Steven Choate played in the front yard of a friend’s home. His…