Daniels v. State

PATTERSON, Justice.

Vernell Daniels was convicted in the Circuit Court of Marion County upon a charge of manslaughter arising from an automobile collision in which James Mc-Klemury lost his life. Daniels was sentenced to a term of fifteen years in the state penitentiary and from his conviction and sentence now appeals.

He assigns as error:

1. The state failed to meet its burden of proof;

2. The introduction of an oral statement of the appellant was erroneously permitted into evidence;

3. Instruction No. 3 for the state was improperly granted; and

4. The evidence failed to support the verdict of the…