Kentucky Supreme Court October 27, 1994, No. 92-SC-677-MR (Johnson v. Commonwealth)

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ANGELA A. PATRICK, Special Justice.

Appellant, Michael Johnson, was convicted of wanton murder as a result of certain circumstances surrounding an automobile accident on July 2, 1991, receiving a sentence of twenty years. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right.

On the date involved, Michael Johnson was driving his loaded coal truck South on U.S. 23 in Floyd County. U.S.