McGoldrick v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for causing the death of Hattie Atkinson Potter by striking her with an automobile on the highway near the entrance of the Lincoln Memorial University campus. He appealed and insists that the conviction should be reversed (1) because the evidence preponderates against the verdict and in favor of his innocence; (2) for prejudicial error in the court’s charge, and (3) because of the disqualification propter affectum of Arch Bartlett, a juror whose bias in favor of the prosecution was unknown to defendant until after the verdict.

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