Wilson v. Commonwealth

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Clyde Wilson, Jr., was indicted for murder, KRS 507.020, and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, KRS 507.030, for shooting and killing his wife, Joyce Wilson. Wilson was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

The Commonwealth’s version of the incident is that at the Wilson home, late at night, the children were awakened by the wife, Joyce Wilson, and told to go out-of-doors, behind the chicken house, for the reason that the husband, Clyde Wilson, Jr., “was drunk and raising the devil.” Shortly thereafter, Joyce Wilson followed the children. Clyde Wilson…