Kennedy v. Commonwealth

Opinion ,

DUFF, J.

The issue presented is whether the evidence was sufficient to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the appellant, John Bernard Kennedy, was guilty of reckless driving.

At approximately 1:00 a.m. on May 1, 1984, Kennedy, with his wife and children, was driving north on Interstate 81 when his 1973 van ran off the left side of the road into a wooded median strip. When the state trooper arrived on the scene, Kennedy advised him that he did not know what happened. Kennedy stated that approximately fifteen minutes earlier he had been sleepy and pulled off the highway at a rest area…