Cedillo v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is negligent homicide in the second degree; the punishment, three years in jail.

The appellant was the driver of a school bus. The bus he was driving was involved in a collision with a truck at a road intersection, and one of the pupils was killed. It was the testimony of the state’s witnesses that the appellant did not bring the bus to a halt at a stop sign before entering the intersection and that the collision resulted. The witnesses for the defense testified that the appellant did observe the stop sign. The appellant did not testify. The jury resolved…