Turner v. State

PRICE, Judge.

The indictment charges murder in the second degree. Defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years.

The homicide arose out of an automobile collision between a 1941 Ford coupe driven by defendant and a Pontiac in which deceased was riding.

According to the State’s evidence the collision occurred about 3:00 P. M. on Sunday, June 7,1953. Defendant’s car was traveling in an easterly direction and the Pontiac was headed west. Shortly before the wreck defendant and his two male companions had consumed a pint of white whiskey…