Walker v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

Roy Walker was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to imprisonment for three years. According to the State’s proof, Walker was driving a truck on a highway in or near Eureka Springs at such a high speed that he lost control of the vehicle and struck and killed Otto Miller, a pedestrian. The information charged that Walker was intoxicated at the- time. For reversal Walker contends that the court erred in allowing the prosecution to introduce evidence of a blood test that showed Walker to have been intoxicated.

After the accident Walker, who was…