Branford v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for negligent homicide of the second degree; the punishment, two years in jail.

The state’s pleading alleged, its proof showed, and the jury found that the appellant while operating his automobile in excess of sixty miles per hour upon a public highway drove it into the rear of a truck travelling in the same direction and the impact thereof caused the death of the driver of the truck.

Appellant, testifying in his own behalf, stated that a front *315tire on his automobile blew out which caused him to lose control of it and collide with the truck the deceased was…