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BURKHART v. COMMONWEALTH

228 S.W.2d 451 (1950)

BURKHART v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 24, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luker & Tombs, London, for appellant.

Russell Jones, Somerset, E. B. Thompson, Mt. Vernon, A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., H. D. Reed, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

LATIMER, Justice.

Appellant, Sherman Burkhart, upon his conviction for the crime of voluntary manslaughter and sentence to confinement for 5 years in the Penitentiary, prosecutes this appeal.

He urges as grounds for reversal: (1) The verdict is flagrantly against the evidence and the law. (2) Error in refusing peremptory instruction. (3) Error in admitting incompetent evidence. (4) Error in refusing to grant a new trial because of separation of jury. Grounds...

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