MAHAMA v. THE STATE [1964] GLR 569-573

Criminal law and procedure—Motoring offences—Manslaughter—Negligence—Test for reckless driving—Circumstances in which acts or omissions can be considered as reckless driving amounting to manslaughter—Power of court to convict for lesser motoring offences—Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), s. 51—Criminal Procedure Code (Act 30), s. 161—Road Traffic Ordinance, 1952 (No. 55 of 1952), ss. 17, 18 and 19.

