STACY v. COMMONWEALTH


254 S.W.2d 917 (1953)

STACY v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 6, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Burke, W. A. Daugherty, Pikeville, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., and H. D. Reed, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


DUNCAN, Justice.

Under an indictment charging willful murder, the appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for a period of fifteen years. Upon this appeal, it is insisted that the judgment should be reversed because: (1) Appellant was entitled to a peremptory instruction; (2) The instructions to the jury were erroneous; and (3) Incompetent evidence was admitted over the...

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