Allen v. State

BOYER, Judge.

Appellant seeks reversal of an adverse judgment and resulting sentence following a jury trial at which the jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter.

In September of 1975 at 1:00 in the morning a collision occurred at an intersection in a residential area of Gainesville. Appellant and one Alderman were in a borrowed Dodge Demon. The other vehicle involved in the accident was driven by the deceased, George Welsch. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident. There was a dispute between appellant and Alderman as to who was driving the Dodge at the time of the accident.…