JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 25227.

238 S.W.2d 766 (1951)

JOHNSON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 25, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chas. E. Kamp, Houston, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

This is a conviction for negligent homicide of the first degree; the punishment, six months in jail.

The lawful act which appellant was alleged to have been committing was that of driving a truck and trailer upon a street of the city of Houston. The negligence of the appellant was alleged to be: (1) the failure to guide the truck away from the automobile in which deceased was riding, as a person of ordinary prudence would have done...

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