State v. Alls

COORS, Justice.

The defendant was charged with involuntary manslaughter, tried and found guilty as charged, by the verdict of a jury, and was accordingly sentenced by the court.

On Christmas eve, December 24, 1949, J. A. Carr and his wife with two of their small children left Tucumcari about 4:00 P.M. in a G.M.C. 1950 half-ton truck being driven by Mr. Carr on U. S. Highway 66 toward their home several miles east of Tucumcari. Just a short distance east of the city limits, while driving in an easterly direction at a speed of 40 to 50 miles per hour, Mr. Carr felt a jar to his pick up truck…