McKinney v. State

McKinney was indicted and convicted of manslaughter under our culpable negligence statute. Section 2232, Code of 1942. He was driving a pick-up' tr.uck. One Brantley was also driving in the same direction another truck, which had a flat body behind the cab thereof. Vera Griffen and four other persons were sitting upon that flat body with their feet hanging off the left side thereof. McKinney undertook to pass the Brantley truck on the left, and the two trucks came so close together that the McKinney truck struck Vera Griffen, knocking her from the Brantley truck, causing personal injuries…