HILL v. COMMONWEALTH


339 S.W.2d 170 (1960)

John Ruford HILL, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fritz Krueger, Somerset, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Ray Corns, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MOREMEN, Judge.

Appellant, John Hill, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and the punishment was confinement for two years in the penitentiary.

Late in the afternoon of June 16, 1959, appellant was driving his automobile along Highway 25, near the small settlement of Snyder in Rockcastle County. The road was straight and the visibility was good. Hill, during the course of the day, had admittedly consumed the contents of six or seven containers of beer...

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