Beaman v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant appeals from his conviction of homicide by vehicle in the first degree, Code Ann. § 68A-903 (a).

1. Appellant enumerates as error the denial of his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal premised upon the state’s alleged failure to produce evidence that the victim died as the result of any wrongful acts on the part of appellant. The evidence adduced at trial authorized the following findings: Appellant, while intoxicated, was operating his vehicle in a westerly direction on the eastbound lane of a divided interstate highway. Appellant’s vehicle struck the automobile…