Brown v. State

The plaintiff-in-error hereinafter referred to as the defendant, James Albert Brown, was convicted for involuntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at 11 months and 29 days in the County Jail.

The prosecution grew out of a collision of a Ford car owned by defendant and a Mercury car owned by the State’s witness Harkleroad, which occurred near Kings-port on a night in October, 1954.

The primary question of fact is as to the identity of the driver of defendant’s car. The State insists the defendant, Brown, was driving it, while defendant contends that the deceased, Johnny McAmis, was the…