Shanks v. Commonwealth

WILLIAMS, Judge.

Appellant Donald T. Shanks was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary by a jury in the Harrison Circuit Court. From a judgment pronounced upon the verdict he appeals.

Appellant, along with several other boys from Lexington, attended a New Year’s Eve party in Cynthiana at the Colored Odd Fellows’ Lodge. At 10:30 p. m., some sort of disturbance caused the chaperons to announce that the party was over and that the young people should go home. About this time appellant and Carlton Henry entered into a conversation which resulted in a…