Smith v. State

POWELL, Presiding Judge.

Billy Wayne Smith was charged in the district court of Ottawa County with manslaughter in the first degree, growing out of an automobile collision on U. S. Highway 66 near the town of Afton, in said county. The accused had waived a preliminary hearing. The jury found appellant, who will hereinafter be referred to as defendant, guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, but were unable to agree upon the punishment, and left the same to the court, who sentenced the defendant to serve a term of eight months in the county j ail, and to pay a fine of $1,000, and all costs.