Bullock v. State

for the Majority:

On October 22, 1998, a jury convicted Lester B. Bullock of manslaughter arising from a collision between Jennifer Alleger’s car and Bullock’s truck at the intersection of Rt. 40 and Pleasant Valley Road. The *1045State charged Bullock with manslaughter for recklessly causing the death of Alleger “by driving at an excessive speed while impaired by alcohol which resulted in a collision with another car.”1 At trial, at the conclusion of the State’s case, Bullock moved for a judgment of acquittal and argued that the State’s evidence showed that Alleger’s disregard of a red light as he…