Bryan v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Chief Justice.

Danny Jo Bryan was indicted for the felony offense of involuntary manslaughter. The indictment alleged that on August 6, 1992, Danny Jo Bryan operated a motor vehicle while intoxicated, and did by reason of such intoxication cause the death of nine-year-old Casey Mays, by driving a motorcycle into a bicycle operated by Mays. A jury found Bryan guilty of the lesser included offense of criminally negligent homicide. Bryan was sentenced to one year of confinement in the Orange County Jail and a $1,500 fíne. The court reporter’s home was destroyed by fire June 11,…