CASEY v. COMMONWEALTH


313 S.W.2d 276 (1958)

George CASEY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 9, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Burke, F. Dale Burke, Pikeville, for appellant.

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


STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appellant, George Casey, around eight or nine o'clock on November 19, 1955, Sunday evening, while driving an automobile through the hamlet or mining town called Sycamore Bottom, struck and killed Titus Deboard. Casey was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

In brief summary the evidence for the Commonwealth is that Deboard was walking on a wide berm on the right side of the highway and the...

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