Prezzi v. United States

HOOD, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of negligent homicide.1 The accident occurred about 1:00 a. m. at the intersection of 13th and Farragut Streets. Appellant was driving an empty Capital Transit bus south on 13th Street. The deceased, a young girl, was a passenger in an automobile being operated east on Farragut Street by one Goodrich. It is unnecessary to set forth the evidence in detail, as no claim is made that the evidence did not warrant submission of the case to the jury.

The first assignment of error relates to the refusal of the court to instruct the jury in…