Brown v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
— The offense is negligent homicide; punishment fixed at confinement' in the county jail for a period of three months.
The transaction upon which the prosecution is based was a collision in which the automobile driven by the appellant collided with a truck which was standing upon the highway. Two girls were in the car driven by the appellant. One of these was his sister, Alice Brown; the other was Miss Dollie Wilson, the deceased.
Paragraphs 2 and 4 of the court’s charge present the state’s case. They are respectively as follows:
“You are charged that the law of this…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Steen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Gribble v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Worley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Hampton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
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