Legal Opinion
Parr v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 27, 1978No. 54736PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PHILLIPS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of involuntary manslaughter. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 19.05(a)(2). Punishment was assessed by the jury at five years’ imprisonment.
The evidence adduced at trial revealed that on the evening of July 2, 1974, Mary Elizabeth Finley was struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by the appellant.
Virgil Waldrip testified that, on July 2, he was driving south on Highway 114 when he noticed the appellant’s blue and white Chevrolet pickup truck driving toward him. When Waldrip first saw the appellant, the appellant was…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Herndon v. LowrySupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by79 opinions
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