Hatcher v. State

About eleven o’clock on the morning of June 7, 1955, a collision occurred between a Cadillac automobile and a bicycle on U. S. Highway 45 about four and a half miles north of Meridian, Mississippi. Hatcher, the appellant, was the driver of the automobile. He was the only person in the car. Bobby Green, a small boy, was the rider of the bicycle. Bobby was killed intantly. Hatcher was indicted for, and convicted of, manslaughter under the culpable negligence statute. Section 2232, Miss. Code 1942, and sentenced to the state penitentiary for seven years.

He appealed to this Court. He contends:…