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JACOBS v. COM.

Nos. 95-CA-002873-MR, 95-CA-002875-MR.

947 S.W.2d 416 (1997)

Johnny JACOBS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Webster, Pikeville, for Appellant.

A. B. Chandler, III, Attorney General, Dina Abby Jones, Carol C. Ullerich, Assistant Attorneys General, Frankfort, for Appellee.

Before BUCKINGHAM, HUDDLESTON and SCHRODER, JJ.

OPINION

HUDDLESTON, Judge.

On January 30, 1991, Johnny Jacobs shot and killed his wife, Claudia. A Knott Circuit Court jury convicted Jacobs of first-degree manslaughter, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. Jacobs appeals asserting that an improper procedure was employed to appoint a special judge to try his case; that the jury instructions, and the statutes upon which they are based, are unconstitutionally vague and incapable of being...

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