State v. Jennings

Ernest Wayne Jennings appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, of involuntary manslaughter, § 565.024, RSMo 1986 1, and *753armed criminal action, § 571.015. Mr. Jennings was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on the involuntary manslaughter charge and four years imprisonment on the armed criminal action charge, with the sentences to run concurrently.

The judgment of conviction is affirmed.

On the evening of September 4, 1993, Ernest Wayne Jennings was awakened by the sound of cars drag racing down Main Street in Gillman City. Mr. Jennings went outside and saw that his son, Randy…