PENIX v. COMMONWEALTH


233 S.W.2d 89 (1950)

PENIX v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 6, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. J. Picklesimer, Pikeville, W. J. Ward, Paintsville, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


REES, Justice.

The appellant, Paris Penix, has been convicted of the crime of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of two years in the penitentiary. The indictment charged that while operating an automobile on the highway he did so in such a negligent, reckless, careless and wanton manner as to cause it to collide with an automobile occupied by Mrs. Dixie Gilland and to cause her death.

The collision between the two automobiles occurred about...

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