BENNETT v. COMMONWEALTH


309 S.W.2d 183 (1958)

Homer BENNETT, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Y. Brown, Lexington, for appellant.

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


SIMS, Judge.

The trial of Homer Bennett upon an indictment charging him with the murder of his brother, Harry Bennett, resulted in a conviction of voluntary manslaughter and the jury fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for 21 years. As the sole ground relied upon for reversal of the judgment is the court erred in summoning a jury from the adjoining county of Leslie, it will not be necessary to state the facts surrounding the tragedy.

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