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CALHOUN v. COMMONWEALTH

378 S.W.2d 222 (1964)

William (Bill) E. CALHOUN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

April 17, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. K. Spear, Somerset, for appellant.

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Runyan, Asst. Atty. Gen., John G. Prather, Somerset, for appellee.

PALMORE, Judge.

The appellant, William E. Calhoun, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment under an indictment charging him with murder. KRS 435.010, 435.020. His claim of error is based on the failure of the Commonwealth's Attorney, in opening the trial, to state to the jury the evidence on which he relied to support the charge. RCr 9.42.

The indictment alleged that in June of 1963 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, appellant...

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