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BRUMLEY v. COMMONWEALTH

375 S.W.2d 270 (1964)

Minnie BRUMLEY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 31, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester L. Parrott, Manchester, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Robert L. Montague, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MILLIKEN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for voluntary manslaughter resulting in a sentence of two years in the penitentiary. The judgment must be reversed because this Court changed the standard instruction covering the defense of insanity in Terry v. Commonwealth, Ky., 371 S.W.2d 862, decided in May, 1963, after the appellant's conviction in January of 1963, but while it was pending on appeal.

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