COLLINS v. COMMONWEALTH


295 S.W.2d 797 (1956)

Marion Casey COLLINS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. E. Cornett, Hyden, Pleaz W. Mobley, Manchester, for appellant.

Jo. M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Robert F. Matthews, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MOREMEN, Judge.

Appellant, Marion Casey Collins, was convicted of the murder of Elmer Marcum. His punishment was fixed at life imprisonment.

The killing occurred on Elk Creek in Clay County on August 17, 1955, about four o'clock in the afternoon. Both parties had known each other the greater part of their lives and before this day there had been no trouble between them. It is impossible to gain from this record even a hint of what was the direct cause of the...

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