Mullins v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, Hilbert Mullins, has been convicted of the crime of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of nine years in the penitentiary. It is argued that the judgment should be reversed because (1) the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence, and (2) incompetent evidence was admitted to the prejudice of appellant’s substantial rights.

Appellant shot and killed George Adams in the home of Mrs. Bob Taylor. A number of persons were at the Taylor home and witnessed all, or a portion, of the altercation leading up to the shooting. George Adams and…