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STATE v. DAVIS

No. 54755.

196 N.W.2d 885 (1972)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. John D. DAVIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 13, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis H. Jordan, Winterset, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Larry S. Seuferer, Asst. Atty. Gen., and William W. Don Carlos, Adair County Atty., for appellee.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal presents several questions which arose in a prosecution for manslaughter.

The case involves a daylight collision of motor vehicles on a straight east-west blacktop highway having narrow shoulders, in Adair County, Iowa, on May 18, 1970. A rather wide valley lies between two low hills. The incident occurred on the west side of the east hill. Three drivers were involved.

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