HELTON v. COMMONWEALTH


272 S.W.2d 47 (1954)

Charles HELTON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl R. Cooper, Salyersville, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appellant, Charles Helton, struck and killed Ina Gene Howard, with his motor vehicle. Upon trial, he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison. On this appeal he urges that: (1) the court failed to instruct the jury upon the whole law of the case; (2) the court committed prejudicial error in permitting the jury to view the scene of the accident in the absence of the appellant and his counsel; and (3) the...

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