State v. Armstrong

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, C. J.:

Defendant Harold Glen Armstrong, Jr., was charged with the crime of manslaughter in the first degree (G. S. 1949, 21-407) and appeals to this court from a conviction of the crime of manslaughter in the fourth degree (G. S. 1949, 21-420).

Highly summarized, and without extended detail, the salient facts on which the defendant was convicted, as gleaned from the evidence of record adduced at the trial, may be stated thus:

On Saturday, June 20, 1960, the defendant, while driving his automobile, was involved in a fatal accident at the…