Collins v. State

Jessie Mae Collins was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of a lawful act without due caution and circumspection. Her motion for new trial was overruled and she excepted.

The evidence for the State authorized a finding that at the time in question the defendant was driving a pickup truck. A few minutes before the collision which resulted in the death of H. L. Hodges, the defendant passed a car driven by William S. McIntosh. He estimated the speed of the truck at about seventy miles per hour. At the time of the collision the defendant was attempting to pass a gasoline truck…