STUMPH v. COMMONWEALTH


408 S.W.2d 618 (1966)

William Edward STUMPH, Sr., Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore H. Lavit, Charles Mattingly, Lebanon, for appellant.

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Joseph H. Eckert, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


HILL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment convicting appellant of the crime of voluntary manslaughter and fixing his punishment at twenty-one years in prison.

Two reasons are advanced for reversing the judgment, (1) the trial court erred in overruling appellant's motion for a continuance, and (2) failure of the trial court to admonish the jury pertaining to an outburst by a spectator at the trial.

We are of the opinion that the first...

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