VINCENT v. COMMONWEALTH


295 S.W.2d 555 (1956)

Elmer Gene VINCENT, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. M. Vincent, Brownsville, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Wm. F. Simpson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appellant, Elmer Gene Vincent, was the driver of an automobile which struck and killed Max Hogan while he was walking along a highway after dark on January 29, 1955. On his trial on the charge of voluntary manslaughter the verdict was, "We the jury find the defendant guilty and fix his punishment at eight months in jail and $500 fine."

The descriptive part of the indictment or "statement of the acts constituting the offense," Criminal...

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