BAKER v. COMMONWEALTH


482 S.W.2d 766 (1972)

Ralph BAKER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester H. Burns, Jr., Somerset, for appellant.

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


MILLIKEN, Judge.

The appellant, Ralph Baker, was indicted for the murder of his brother-in-law, Robert Jones, in a shoot-out in Leslie County, and was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve twenty-one years in the penitentiary, the maximum penalty for the offense. We affirm the conviction.

The victim, Robert Jones, and his brother, Russell Jones, two young men in their early twenties, drove to town around noon in Robert's truck to purchase...

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