STATE v. BROOKS

No. 41,843

187 Kan. 46 (1960)

354 P.2d 89

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CLOYD E. BROOKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Gleason, of Ottawa, argued the cause, and Douglas Gleason, of Ottawa, and Hollis B. Logan, of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for appellant.

Hugh H. Kreamer, Assistant County Attorney, of Olathe, argued the cause, and John J. Gardner, County Attorney, of Olathe, and John Anderson, Jr., Attorney General, and Robert Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

The defendant, Cloyd E. Brooks, was convicted and sentenced on a charge of manslaughter in the fourth degree in violation of G.S. 1949, 21-420, resulting in the killing of three persons in a truck-automobile collision. He appeals from the overruling of his motion for a directed verdict, a new trial, and from the judgment.

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