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JACKSON v. COMMONWEALTH

296 S.W.2d 472 (1956)

James Earl JACKSON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 7, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shumate & Shumate, George T. Ross, Richmond, John Y. Brown, Lexington, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

CLAY, Commissioner.

James Earl Jackson was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 21 years in prison. He appeals, urging that the court erred in: (1) admitting incompetent and prejudicial evidence, and (2) failing to instruct the jury upon the whole law of the case.

The facts are set forth in Commonwealth v. Jackson, Ky., 281 S.W.2d 891, and will not be repeated here. Suffice it to say that appellant shot and...

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