Barnhill v. State

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for involuntary manslaughter. Appellant Roy C. Barnhill was charged by information in Clay Circuit Court, Western District, with the crime of involuntary manslaughter following an automobile collision which resulted in a death on April 29, 1963. After trial on January 21 and 22, 1964, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of involuntary manslaughter and fixed the punishment at three years in the penitentiary. From judgment on the verdict comes this appeal.

Appellant filed no motion for new trial. In the absence of a motion for…