State v. Paris

The defendant appeals from a conviction of negligent homicide arising out of the' drunken and reckless driving of an automobile.

At about 1:20 a. m., on the morning of October 25, 1952, an Oldsmobile sedan was being driven westerly on Garland avenue in Spokane. Midway between Ash and Oak streets, which intersect Garland avenue, it struck a barricade and lighted sewer excavation and then careened onto its wrong side of Garland avenue, where it crashed into a Chevrolet car driven by Harold Odeen, who was accompanied by his wife and mother-in-law.

Appellant contends the state’s circumstantial…