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STATE v. MORRIS

456 S.W.2d 840 (1970)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Floyd MORRIS and Wilbur White, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Thomas E. Fox, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, Baxter Key, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Carthage, for appellant.

Thomas Haile, Cookeville, Charles Haile and Don Dickerson, Nashville, for appellee.

OPINION

JENKINS, Special Justice.

The defendants, Floyd Morris, operator of the automobile that struck and killed a pedestrian, and Wilbur White, the owner and occupant of the death automobile, were indicted on June 27, 1967, and were convicted by a jury on October 25, 1967, in the Criminal Court of Clay County of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.

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