Parker v. Commonwealth

MILLIKEN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in. the Knox Circuit Court of voluntary manslaughter for recklessly and wantonly driving his car on the highway in such a manner that it struck an oncoming car driven by James. .E. Hale, who was instantly killed in .the collision.

The accident in which Hale died occurred at night about 8:30 p. m. on-,September 10, 1954, in Knox County on Highway 25E. The appellant was driving his car south toward Pineville on a straightaway when the car being driven by the decedent in the opposite direction came around a curve and, according to the appellant, veered into…