BOWERS v. STATE


347 S.W.2d 35 (1961)

Haskell BOWERS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 26, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Street, Banks & Merryman, Elizabethton, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


PREWITT, Chief Justice.

The defendant below, Haskell Bowers, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve from one to three years in State Prison under one count of the indictment, and under the second count, he was found guilty of leaving the scene of an accident and fined $100. This appeal in error resulted.

1. It is contended the evidence preponderates against the verdict and in favor of the innocence of the accused.

2. The jury...

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