WEIST v. STATE

No. 5160.

401 S.W.2d 565 (1966)

Herbert WEIST, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 18, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Sloan, W. B. Howard, Jack Segars, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., by Fletcher Jackson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of negligent homicide upon proof that his drunken driving caused a traffic collision in which Don Taylor Gazaway was killed. The jury fixed the penalty at imprisonment for one year and a fine of $500.00.

For reversal the appellant urges a single point, that the trial court erred in permitting the prosecuting attorney, over the objection of defense counsel, to ask the witness Gage if he knew that the accused...

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