Poole v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Bennie Steve Poole was charged in a two-count indictment with manslaughter, in violation of § 13A-6-3(a)(l), Code of Alabama 1975. The jury returned a verdict of “guilty as charged” and, following a sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced Poole to three years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The State’s evidence tended to show that the appellant, Poole, a Morgan County Sheriff’s Deputy, was driving his patrol car along Highway 31 in Decatur on the night of August 15, 1982 and that he entered the intersection of Highway 31 and Highway 67 and collided with a Pontiac…