Klingel v. State

Edward J. Klingel was indicted for murder, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for a homicide which occurred as the result of a head-on collision between his vehicle and the vehicle driven by Christine Pruitt on April 26, 1986. An eyewitness to the collision testified that defendant's automobile was travelling at a high rate of speed when it pulled around two other cars into the lane of oncoming traffic and struck Mrs. Pruitt's car. Mrs. Pruitt was crushed in her vehicle and was dead on arrival at a local hospital. Klingel raises four issues on appeal.

I

First he…