State v. Cummings

LUJAN, Justice.

Jack W. Cummings was convicted of the crime of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of not less than one year nor more than two years in the state penitentiary. His motion for a new trial was denied and he appeals from the verdict and sentence.

On August 3, 1951, at about 12:15 in the morning, the defendant was driving his automobile in a southerly direction along North Fourth Street in the City of Albuquerque, and at a point indicated by the testimony in the case he struck and killed Victor M. Van Geison. The testimony tends to show that the automobile, a 1946…