Moore v. State

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years' imprisonment.

This case involved a collision between two automobiles on Thanksgiving night, 1982. Appellant, who had been drinking, was driving north in the southbound lane of Old Lexington Road when he struck a car being driven by Patsy Kay Byrd. The collision, which occurred at the crest of a hill, was head-on, and Miss Byrd was killed instantly.

The single issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error in allowing the results of a photoelectric intoximeter test into evidence. Appellant contends…