Milton v. State

Bird, Judge.

On May 19, 2001, Willie Milton Jr. was driving an automobile that left the interstate highway and overturned. He fled the scene on foot, but a passenger who was ejected from the automobile died as a result of the injuries he sustained. The Pulaski County Circuit Court subsequently accepted Milton’s guilty plea to the charge of failing to stop after an accident involving death or personal injury. He was sentenced to serve 120 days in the county jail, to pay fees and court costs, and to pay the victim’s family $25,000 restitution. Milton now appeals the portion of the sentence…