EDWARDS v. STATE


304 S.W.2d 500 (1957)

James EDWARDS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 29, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Looby & Williams, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

While State Highway Patrolman Morris was standing on the edge of State Highway No. 70 he was struck and instantly killed by an automobile being driven by James Edwards, who was drunk. Edwards was convicted of murder in the second degree, and has appealed.

A homicide of this character, generally speaking, is either involuntary manslaughter, Keller v. State, 155 Tenn. 633, 299 S.W. 803, 59 A.L...

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