Gurley v. State

PRICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to serve seven years in the State penitentiary.

It was contended by the State that appellant’s automobile struck Elizabeth Atkins, alias Aunt Bet Moore, causing her death. The testimony for the State was to the effect that defendant was under the influence of intoxicating beverages, and at the time of the impact was driving at the rate of 45 or 50 miles per hour along the Vernon-Columbus highway in the City limits of Vernon, Alabama. One witness testified that just before the accident defendant rounded a…