State v. London

The respondent was indicted and convicted of the crime of manslaughter following the death of another in an automobile accident. The State claimed that the re spondent was the operator of a vehicle in which the person killed was a passenger. The respondent seasonably filed a motion for a new trial. The motion was denied and respondent appealed.

One of the issues raised in the case now before us is whether or not P. L., 1957, Chap. 333, Sec. 2, hereafter called either the reckless homicide statute or the later statute, repeals or supersedes in part R. S., 1954, Chap. 130, Sec. 8, hereafter…