State v. Hurd

Defendant pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter. He was sentenced to not exceeding eight years in the penitentiary. The charge arose out of a one car automobile accident in which the defendant’s wife was killed. He fled the scene. It was claimed defendant was intoxicated.

The accident occurred during the late hours of February 16,1966. R. Ralph Austin, Clarion attorney, represented defendant at the preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. on February 17. On February 18 a county attorney’s information was filed and at a hearing at 3 p.m. the same day, defendant was arraigned, pleaded guilty and…