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BROOKS v. COMMONWEALTH

486 S.W.2d 695 (1972)

Mary Belle Suggs BROOKS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving I. Friedman, Louisville, for appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Jackson D. Guerrant, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

CATINNA, Commissioner.

Mary Belle Suggs Brooks and Howard Augustus Brooks, husband and wife, lived at 1010 South Jackson Street, Louisville. On the night of October 17, 1970, Mary Belle shot and killed Howard in the course of a family argument. Her version of the killing, as recounted in her signed confession, is as follows:

"We have been arguing for days and tonight at about 7:00 P.M., I went to Bingo at Swiss Park. I got home at about 10:30 P.M., and my...

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