Coate v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is negligent homicide in the first degree; the punishment, a fine of $750.00.

Deceased met her death as the result of a collision between an automobile which she was driving and one driven by the appellant at the intersection of Tuam and Smith in the city of Houston. There were no passengers in either automobile.

The state’s principal witness Larzelier testified that he was driving south on Smith when the Ford driven by the appellant passed him going in the same direction in the middle of the block, that he began to reduce his speed because he expected the…