Hurt v. State

delivered tlie opinion of tlie Court.

Defendant appeals from,conviction of involuntary manslaughter and sentence to a year and a day in the penitentiary for the offense. He assigns error on (1) the sufficiency of the evidence, (2) a part of the Trial Judge’s charge to the jury, and (3) the qualification of a juror who had been, before the trial, adjudged non compos mentis.

Between 8:30 and 9 p. m., on May 19, 1945, defendant was driving his Buick car southwest ón the McKenzie-Milan Highway within the corporate limits of the town of Trezevant. As he approached the intersection of the highway…