State v. Phillips

Taylor, Justice.

Appellant, Robert J. Phillips, was convicted of the offense of reckless homicide in the County Court for Greenville County at the November, 1953, term of such Court, and appeals upon exceptions which present two questions, but this Court deems it necessary to pass only upon the question of whether or not the County Court of Greenville has jurisdiction to try a defendant upon an indictment charging violation of Section 46-341 of the 1952 Code of Laws for South Carolina, commonly referred to as the offense of reckless homicide.

Under Article 5, Section 1, Constitution of the…