Massie v. Commonwealth

The accused, Hoy Massie, and his companion, Ted Hall and Della Couch, were driving in Massie’s car on a mountain road in Dickenson county between eight and nine o ’clock on the night of June 2,1940. Massie was driving, and the car went off of the road at a sharp curve and turned over. As a result Della Couch was killed. Massie and Hall were indicted for murder. They elected to be tried separately and Massie was tried first. The jury found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter and fixed his punishment at three years in the penitentiary. The court sanctioned the verdict by its judgment.

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