Case Name: TRAPP v. STATE
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1929-01-21
Citations: 7 Ohio Law Abs. 734
Docket Number: No 9224
Parties: TRAPP v STATE
Judges: SULLIVAN, P. J. concurs.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 7
Pages: 734–734

Head Matter:
TRAPP v STATE
Ohio Appeals, 8th Dist, Cuyahoga Co
No 9224.
Decided January 21, 1929
A. R. Edgerton, Esq., Cleveland, for Trapp.
E. C. Stanton, Esq., Cleveland, for State.

Opinion:
EPITOMIZED OPINION
Where defendant was convicted of manslaughter resulting frqm alleged careless driving, of automobile, held not to be error to refuse to introduce in evidence an ordinance describing a closely built up section on the theory that the ordinance did not include the spot where the fatality occurred, it being a question of fact whether or not a place is closely built up.
Nor is it error for the court to fail to instruct as to contributory negligence of the deceased, before argument, since contributory negligence is not an element in a criminal prosecution.
Opinion by
VICKERY, J.
SULLIVAN, P. J. concurs.
LEVINE, J. dissents.