Rainey v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

The appeal in this case is from a judgment, convicting the defendant (appellant) of manslaughter in the first degree, and also from a judgment overruling and denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The indictment against the defendant contained four counts, each of which charged him with having committed murder in the second degree. This indictment in its entirety, and each count thereof, was predicated upon the alleged reckless and wanton negligence of the defendant in driving his automobile against, on, into, or over Chester Pleptinstall upon a public highway…