Trentham v. State

The defendant, Frank Nelson Trentham, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter as the result of an automobile collision on the main highway between Sevierville and Newport, in which the deceased, Walter Marshall, lost his life. The defendant was sentenced to serve one year and a day in the State prison for deceased’s death.

The defendant was driving a Ford automobile on State Highway No. 35 from Sevierville toward Newport. He was driving in an easterly direction and started to drive around a very sharp curve to the right when he collided with the Buick automobile driven by the deceased,…