MEDLEY v. COMMONWEALTH


450 S.W.2d 811 (1970)

William MEDLEY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Earl Dean, Jr., Dean, Dean & Dean, Harrodsburg, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Runyan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Chief Justice.

Confronted with the imposition of a $50 fine and a six-months jail sentence on his trial for malicious cutting and wounding (KRS 435.170), appellant wants, by this appeal to reverse the judgment of conviction on the four following grounds: (1) failure to give a self-defense instruction; (2) failure to give an instruction on defense of habitation; (3) failure to give a reasonable doubt instruction; and (4) refusal of the trial court...

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