Kendrick v. State

238 S.W.2d 964 (1951)

KENDRICK

v.

STATE.

No. 25159.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 28, 1951.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1951.

Harvey P. Shead, Longview, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted for murder without malice under Art. 802c, Vernon's Ann.P.C., the indictment charging that while engaged in the operation of an automobile upon a public highway in Harrison County, by accident and mistake, he caused such automobile to collide with an automobile occupied by Martha Ann Hickey and thereby caused her death.

The…