Smithson v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The Grand Jury of Morgan County, Alabama, indicted the appellant for first degree manslaughter, arising out of an incident which occurred on April 24, 1970, in which the appellant was operating a motor vehicle. The Jury’s verdict and judgment fixed punishment at ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

At trial, the State presented the testimony of one R. C. Royer, and also Cecil C. Collins, who testified that they were passengers in an automobile being driven by the deceased, Ira M. Pike, on their return from Huntsville, where they were employed at the Arsenal, to Hartselle,…