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DUGAN v. COMMONWEALTH

333 S.W.2d 755 (1960)

Lawrence J. DUGAN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 25, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Y. Brown, Lexington, for appellant.

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

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Upon trial under an indictment charging him with the murder of his girl friend, Lawrence Dugan was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and given a twelve-year sentence. Appealing from the judgment, Dugan maintains that the trial court erred in not giving an insanity instruction and in refusing to admit testimony as to the results of a truth serum test that he underwent.

Dugan was a member of the Kentucky State Police and at the time of...

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