ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:
I.
Drunken drivers destroy life, limb and property with callous indifference. Our citizenry is outraged. That outrage without doubt played a substantial role in Kenneth Edward Dickerson's conviction of the manslaughter of Edward David Russell, a conviction which for the reasons explained below cannot stand.
In the early morning hours of November 21, 1980, during the dark of night Dickerson was proceeding easterly...
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