Howard v. State

David Howard was indicted for the offense of murder, it being alleged in the indictment that he did, on the 20th day of May, 1919, unlawfully and with malice aforethought, kill one Hubert Cochran, by driving an automobile against and over the said Cochran. He was tried under this indictment and convicted of the offense of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act; and thereupon he made a motion for a new trial, which' was overruled, and the case was carried by writ of error to the Court of Appeals. That court affirmed the judgment of the trial court, and a writ of…