State v. Wilkins

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

We granted the State’s Application for Permission to Appeal in order to determine whether a conviction of reckless driving can be maintained on speed alone, when there is evidence that Defendant’s speed was approximately 120 m.p.h. We find that such excessive speed may constitute reckless driving, and that the Court of Criminal Appeals was in error in finding the evidence insufficient to sustain the Defendant’s conviction for reckless driving.

The arresting officer in this case testified that he was traveling north on Highway 45 in Chester County when he observed a…