Kemp v. State

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The accused was indicted, tried, and convicted in DeKalb Superior Court of murder. The jury returned a recommendation of mercy. The indictment alleged that he did unlawfully and with malice aforethought, while operating and driving a certain automobile upon a street in DeKalb County, under the influence of intoxicants, at a rate of speed of approximately 70 miles per hour, drive said automobile across the center line of said road into the driveway of the residence of the deceased, thereby striking him and inflicting the wounds and injuries causing his death. The…