FRANCE v. COMMONWEALTH


323 S.W.2d 868 (1959)

D. FRANCE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

April 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac Turner, Hyden, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., William L. Brooks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appellant, D. France, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the killing of Harold Gene Brown and sentenced to twenty-one years' imprisonment.

The appellant and two companions had been drinking moonshine whiskey and beer and riding around over the country on Sunday afternoon, September 14, 1958. They came upon the deceased and a larger group of young men, who likewise were indulging in a drinking party, in White Branch Hollow...

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