Coffey v. State

SPECTOR, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of guilty on the charge of manslaughter through culpable negligence in the operation of an automobile and a second count of manslaughter through the operation of an automobile while intoxicated. The jury rendered a guilty verdict on both counts.

The death forming the basis of the crimes charged followed a collision between an automobile operated by the appellant and a motorcycle operated by the victim.

The ground relied upon for reversal is the admission into evidence of the results of a blood test over the appellant’s timely objection. The test…