McDANIELS v. COMMONWEALTH


249 S.W.2d 546 (1952)

McDANIELS v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 30, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hiram H. Owens, Barbourville, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MOREMEN, Justice.

Appellant, McKinley McDaniels, was indicted for the murder of George Hammons. Upon trial he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment was fixed at 15 years in the penitentiary.

Appellant urges as grounds for reversal: (a) that the jury should have been directed to return a verdict of not guilty; (b) that the instructions were erroneous; (c) that the argument of counsel for the Commonwealth was improper and prejudicial...

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