Senn v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

The indictment charged manslaughter in the first degree. Defendant was convicted of the offense of manslaughter in the second degree. Punishment was fixed at six months hard labor for the County.

The evidence is undisputed that an automobile operated by appellant struck and killed Billy Ray Dease, a Troy, Alabama, policeman. The officer was directing traffic on the Troy Streets at the time he was killed.

Appellant urges as error the overruling of an objection to the admission in evidence of defendant’s statement to Police Officer Dykes. Officer Dykes testified he was in a…