BARNETT v. COMMONWEALTH


403 S.W.2d 40 (1966)

James Vincent BARNETT, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 20, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. B. Bertram, Bertram & Bertram, Monticello, for appellant.

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Harold T. Hotopp, Asst. Atty. Gen., James A. Hicks, Commonwealth's Atty., Albany, for appellee.


PALMORE, Judge.

The appellant, James Vincent Barnett, was indicted for the murder of his sister's husband, Steve Davis. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 21 years in prison. KRS 435.020. As the conviction must be reversed, we shall discuss only those subjects of claimed error that may be encountered again in the course of a new trial.

Appellant and the Davises lived next door to each other in a rural section of Wayne County. The...

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