State v. Hodgdon

HAMMOND, J. (Pro Tempore).

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction upon two counts contained in an indictment, each charging negligent homicide. The indictment charges that the defendant drove his automobile in a grossly negligent manner on U. S. Highway 99W and that a collision occurred between his car and that in which the deceased persons were riding, causing their deaths.

The record reveals that the defendant had been in a cocktail lounge called Shaw’s, and later in an eating establishment in Newberg, until the early morning hours of the day in question. He had been seen drinking…