PATTERSON v. STATE

No. 28408.

293 S.W.2d 656 (1956)

Byron Hickle PATTERSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Chastain, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Weldon Cabaniss, County Atty., Rockport, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for negligent homicide in the second degree; the punishment, confinement in jail for one year.

The unlawful act relied upon by the state was the violation of art. 801(A), Vernon's Ann.P.C., in operating a motor vehicle upon the left-hand side of the highway when the same was not clear and unobstructed for a distance of at least fifty yards ahead.

The evidence is undisputed that the deceased died as the result of...

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