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RICE v. COMMONWEALTH

288 S.W.2d 635 (1956)

W. L. (Levy) RICE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee. W. L. (Levy) RICE, Appellant, v. Porter B. LADY, Warden, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 23, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tackett & Tackett, Prestonsburg, George F. Williamson, LaGrange, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., W. Owen Keller, Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellees.

MOREMEN, Judge.

The appellant, W. L. (Levy) Rice, killed Reedy Whicker with a sawed-off shotgun. He was indicted for murder, convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for 21 years. The indictment was returned in Floyd County and the case was tried in Lawrence County.

Reedy Whicker was adjudged insane on December 9, 1954, and was confined to the jail in Prestonsburg until the date set for his removal to a state mental...

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