CRIGGER v. COMMONWEALTH


225 S.W.2d 113 (1949)

311 Ky. 682

CRIGGER v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 9, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Burke, Pikeville, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., William F. Simpson, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. A. Runyon, Com. Atty. 35th Judicial District, Pikeville, W. A. Daugherty, Pikeville, for appellee.


LATIMER, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at 21 years confinement. He is here urging reversal insisting the court erred (1) in qualification of the self-defense instruction, and (2) in admitting incompetent evidence.

In order to get a correct picture for our consideration of the grounds above, we will briefly, but substantially, set out the evidence for the Commonwealth. Mrs. Varney, widow of the deceased...

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