BEARDEN v. STATE

No. 32077.

339 S.W.2d 533 (1960)

Vern BEARDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 25, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Arnim, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., F. Lee Duggan, Jr., Carl E. F. Dally, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for negligent homicide in the first degree; the punishment, 365 days in jail.

The count of the information under which the conviction was had alleged that appellant was engaged in the performance of the lawful act of driving an automobile on a public highway and while so engaged did by negligence and carelessness cause the death of Arthur Melton Mixon who was driving an automobile travelling on said highway by negligently...

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