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COMBS v. COMMONWEALTH

306 S.W.2d 269 (1957)

Glendon COMBS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 18, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Vernon Faulkner, Hazard, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., David Sebree, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MILLIKEN, Judge.

Glendon Combs, the appellant, shot and killed Ralph Fugate with a single blast from a 16-gauge shotgun in broad daylight on June 2, 1956, while Fugate was standing on the porch of Combs' home. The appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. There were no witnesses to the slaying except the appellant, who did not deny that he killed Fugate. He did deny...

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