State v. Blankenship

The defendant was charged in the information with manslaughter in the first degree by killing two persons without intending to effect death through his culpable negligence while engaged in the perpetration of a misdemeanor under circumstances such as to constitute murder at common law. The two persons referred to in the information were killed while the defendant was driving an automobile on the highway, and the misdemeanor referred to was the reckless driving of the automobile. The information did not charge a previous conviction.- The court sentenced the defendant under our repeater…