Lawhorn v. State

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

Under an indictment charging manslaughter in the first degree of Emmett L. Hall, this appellant’s jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment of guilty of manslaughter in the second degree.

Mr. Hall met his death as a result of a collision between an automobile driven by his son, and an automobile driven by the appellant.

The collision took place at an intersection of Highways 11 and 78 in Calhoun County.

The evidence presented by the witnesses for the State, and those for the defense, is in hopeless and irreconcilable conflict.

The testimony of James F. Hall, son of…