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HICKS v. COMMONWEALTH

269 S.W.2d 181 (1954)

HICKS v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 4, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack E. Fisher and Reed & Hines, Paducah, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., William F. Simpson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

CAMMACK, Justice.

James Hicks was tried under an indictment charging him with the willful murder of Margaret Ann Coovert. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to prison for 21 years. Hicks seeks reversal of the judgment on the following grounds: (1) The court erred in not giving a concrete instruction on Hicks' theory of the case; (2) incompetent evidence was admitted and competent evidence was excluded...

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