Hodge v. Commonwealth

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appellant, Vernon Hodge, was indicted for the offense of voluntary manslaughter arising out of an automobile accident which occurred on May 24, 1952. Upon trial, a jury convicted him of involuntary manslaughter and fixed his punishment at six months in jail and a fine of $2,-000. He has filed motion for appeal from the judgment entered on the verdict, and assigns as grounds for reversal that the court erred: (1) In overruling his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal; and (2) in admitting incompetent evidence against him.

The accident in question occurred on a…