State v. Feger

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at eight years in the penitentiary. The charge was based on culpable negligence in the operation of an automobile causing a three-car collision and the death of Dorothy Emma Milner.' Appellant contends, among other things, that the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction for manslaughter.

About six o’clock in the evening of May 18, 1958 appellant joined Jesse Willis and Marjorie Jo Ann Morris at George and Jessie’s Cafe in Mexico, Missouri. According to Marjorie Jo they each had a can of 3.2…