State v. Anderson

ELLETT, Chief Justice:

The defendant above named was found guilty of the crime of automobile homicide and sentenced to serve the statutory period in the state prison. He has appealed and assigns two points of claimed error:(1) The trial court erred in admitting into evidence an admission of the defendant because the state had not proved the corpus delicti of the offense at the time.(2) The evidence was not sufficient to sustain the judgment.

The facts of the case are not disputed. The defendant was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck in a northerly direction on a state road. At the same time, Mrs.…