HOLLON v. COMMONWEALTH


325 S.W.2d 340 (1959)

Mort HOLLON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. J. Cockrell, Jackson, E. B. Rose, Beattyville, Vernon Faulkner, Hazard, for appellant.

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


EBLEN, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for the wilful murder of Eveadna Campbell Conway. The trial resulted in a conviction for voluntary manslaughter and a sentence of imprisonment for twenty-one years. Appellant admitted the homicide and attempted to justify it as self-defense. On this appeal prejudicial error is claimed to have been committed in the admission of certain evidence and a part of the argument of the Commonwealth's Attorney.

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