Metcalf v. State

McDONALD, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the county court of Shelby County for negligent homicide in the second degree, with punishment assessed at a fine of $150.

The trial was to the court without a jury.

The following facts are undisputed:

Appellant was driving his automobile, at nighttime, on a public highway, from Center toward Logansport, Louisiana, in a northerly direction, and the other car, driven by a Mr. Smith, was coming toward Center in a southerly direction, at the time of the accident. The point of contact between the two cars occurred below the crest of a hill on the highway.…