HARRIS v. COMMONWEALTH


411 S.W.2d 924 (1967)

Eugene HARRIS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Brooks, Jr., Jackson W. White, Clyde L. Stapleton, Lexington, for appellant.

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


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Eugene Harris appeals from a judgment sentencing him to a term of 18 years in the penitentiary pursuant to a verdict finding him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Upon a former trial he had been convicted of murder and given a life sentence, but that conviction was reversed by this Court in Harris v. Commonwealth, Ky., 389 S.W.2d 907, for failure to give a voluntary manslaughter instruction.

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