SLONE v. COMMONWEALTH


354 S.W.2d 497 (1962)

Cora SLONE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 23, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodrow W. Burchett, Tackett & Tackett, Prestonsburg, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Wm. F. Simpson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

The appellant, Cora Slone, was tried in the Floyd Circuit Court for the crime of willful murder. She was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years in the State penitentiary. This appeal is prosecuted from the judgment pronounced upon the verdict.

The appellant testified that she, her husband and her 12-year-old son were in their home on the night of June 11, 1960, and that her husband had been drinking heavily. He began...

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