State v. Newton

McDonough, justice.

Appellant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. On this appeal he assigns as error, (1) failure to properly instruct the jury, and (2) insufficiency of the evidence to warrant a conviction under the decisions of this court.

This prosecution arose out of an automobile collision at about 1:45 A.M. on June 14, 1942, at the intersection of Sixth South and West Temple streets in Salt Lake City. A Chevrolet operated by the decedent, Merlin A. Tippets, was going east on Sixth South while a Buick driven by defendant Shirel M. Newton was coming from the east on Sixth South and…