Smith v. Commonwealth

599 S.W.2d 900 (1980)

Johnny Marshall SMITH, Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 22, 1980.

Jack E. Farley, Public Advocate, Donna Boyce Proctor, Timothy T. Riddell, Sara L. Collins, Asst. Public Advocates, Frankfort, for appellant.

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., Reid C. James, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

STERNBERG, Justice.

On July 1, 1978, Ronnie Jarvis was killed by three blasts from a .20-gauge shotgun. The shooting took place on a little-used strip mine road, about four miles west of Greenville, Kentucky. On August 16, 1978, the…