Legal Opinion

Combs v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided March 24, 1933Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

— Affirming..

The appellant, Marshall Combs, was indicted by the Perry county grand jury, charged with the willful murder of Willie Eversole.

Upon his trial at the February, 1932, term of the-Perry circuit court, he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to confinement in the state penitentiary for ten years.

This unfortunate tragedy and triple killing, presented by the record before us, is in its tragic coloring-almost like the storied and dramatic family feuds, staged between the hostile Montagues and Capulets, with their costly death toll,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pace v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
  2. Deacon v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  3. Means v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
  4. Turk v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
  5. White v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905

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