Clayton v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

In a two-count indictment appellant-defendant was charged with murder in the first degree. The first count alleged that he killed Larry Robinson by driving an automobile over, upon, or against the automobile which Larry Robinson was driving; the second count charged that defendant killed Bartow Browning by operating an automobile in which Browning was a passenger in such a manner as to cause his death.

The court gave the general affirmative charge requested by defendant as to murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree and manslaughter in the…