Smith v. State

The defendant Freeman Smith was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to eleven months and twenty-nine days in the Shelby County penal farm. The criminal prosecution resulted from an automobile wreck occurring about 1 o’clock a. m. on December 14, 1952. At the time, Mrs. May Ponds was driving her car north on Highway 51 from Memphis towards Millington at a speed of about 40 miles an hour, with her headlights on dim. At this point the speed limit was 45 miles per hour. Mrs. Ponds testified that the traffic was heavy both northbound and southbound. Another automobile was…