WILLIAMS v. STATE


54 So.2d 66 (1951)

WILLIAMS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida, Division A.

August 10, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry H. Martin, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and William A. O'Bryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


THOMAS, Justice.

The appellant was tried for manslaughter, convicted and sentenced to the state penitentiary. The sole offense charged was the killing of an occupant of an automobile in a collision with the truck said to have been driven by the appellant in a culpably negligent manner.

We will now relate the circumstances of the unfortunate occurrence as they appeared to the state's witnesses. A light rain was falling making the highway slippery. The truck...

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