State v. Howard

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Judge.

Appellant Otis Dale Howard, charged with manslaughter, allegedly committed with a dangerous instrument, appeals from a conviction of negligent homicide entered upon a jury verdict. The jurors found that appellant’s car was a dangerous instrument, and the court sentenced him to an aggravated prison term of eight years.

Appellant alleges error in the admission of a blood sample, the allegation of use of his car as a dangerous instrument, and in sentencing appellant to an aggravated term. On cross-appeal, the state alleges error in the reduction of restitution based on a…