Morgan v. State

Graves, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of negligent homicide in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the county jail for 547 days.

He moved to quash the indictment, at the proper time, as well as presenting a motion in arrest of judgment after con vie tion because, among other things, the indictment failed to charge an offense against the laws of the State.

The law claimed to have been violated by appellant, while committing the act of negligent homicide, was Article 801a, Penal Code, which reads as follows: “ (a) The driver or operator of any vehicle in or upon any…