TUCKER v. COMMONWEALTH


510 S.W.2d 21 (1974)

James L. TUCKER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Wilhoit, Public Defender, William C. Ayer, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Frankfort, for appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Robert W. Riley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


CATINNA, Commissioner.

James L. Tucker's murder trial in the Daviess Circuit Court resulted in a jury's finding him guilty of voluntary manslaughter and fixing his punishment at twenty-one years in prison. Upon this appeal Tucker seeks reversal on two claimed errors: (1) It was prejudicial error to admit as evidence the results of a lie detector test; and (2) it was prejudicial error to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter.

Tucker was charged with the...

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