4 Kan. App. 2d 540 - State v. Boydston’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““Furthermore, the main cause of the tragic accident in the instant case was the failure of the appellant to stop at a stop sign, and not specifically the amount of speed with which he passed the same. There was evidence from which the jury could have determined that defendant was traveling at a high rate of speed. Such other evidence consisted of the testimony of Officer Van Houten, the first officer to arrive at the scene, who testified that he observed the right side of the vehicle driven by the victim, and the degree of its indentation. He made the further observation that appellant’s vehicle had sustained damage to the front-end ‘A-frame’ which extended beyond the bumper and radiator area. Officer William James testified that the victim’s vehicle had a ‘U’d’ appearance which indicated to him that the vehicle had been struck with a great amount of force. Dr. Bruce Barrick testified that based upon his autopsy, the decedent had died from injuries ‘consistent with high speed injury,’ and while he also testified on cross-examination that such injuries would be consistent with low-speed injuries, the pictures gave more credence to his ‘high speed’ statement. In addition, the pictures of the vehicles indicate high speed because of the extensive damage done to the vehicles. As was noted by the court in Foreman v. Heinz, 185 Kan. 715, 719 , 347 P.2d 451 (1959), in discussing photographs admitted in that case, such photographs were ‘silent but conclusive proof of the fact that at ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Krovvidi