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PARKER v. COMMONWEALTH

279 S.W.2d 1 (1955)

Winston Fred PARKER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 6, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sampson B. Knuckles, Barbourville, for appellant.

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

MILLIKEN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the Knox Circuit Court of voluntary manslaughter for recklessly and wantonly driving his car on the highway in such a manner that it struck an oncoming car driven by James E. Hale, who was instantly killed in the collision.

The accident in which Hale died occurred at night about 8:30 p. m. on September 10, 1954, in Knox County on Highway 25E. The appellant was driving his car south toward Pineville on a straightaway...

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