ROBINSON v. COMMONWEALTH


490 S.W.2d 481 (1973)

John Sam ROBINSON, Jr., Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Coomes, Coomes & Coomes, New Castle, for appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., John C. Ryan, Sp. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


OSBORNE, Justice.

Appellant was convicted in the Shelby Circuit Court and sentenced to three years' imprisonment for voluntary manslaughter. The proof established that appellant shot Bobby Peach either three or four times in appellant's home in the presence of his wife. Peach died in appellant's yard. The only witnesses to the shooting were appellant and his wife.

Shortly after the shooting both of them signed a statement in writing outlining the facts that...

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