GOODMAN v. COMMONWEALTH


285 S.W.2d 146 (1955)

Evy Lee GOODMAN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. B. Bertram, Monticello, Hile Pritchard, Albany, Leonard E. Wilson, Jamestown, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Hugh L. Hollingsworth, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SIMS, Judge.

Appellant, Evy Lee Goodman, was indicted for the murder of Ebb Goodman, her husband. A trial resulted in a conviction of voluntary manslaughter and her punishment was fixed at two years in the penitentiary. On this appeal she insists the court erred in: (1) not sustaining her motion for a directed verdict of acquittal at the conclusion of the Commonwealth's evidence and again at the conclusion of all the evidence; (2) admitting incompetent and prejudicial...

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