McIntire v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt

Affirming.

The appellant, Alex Mclntire, was by indictment, .accused of the crime of willful murder, and upon a trial was found guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for twenty-one years, by the verdict of the jury, and the judgment of the court. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he has appealed. The grounds upon which he sought a new trial were (1) that the court misinstructed the jury and failed to properly instruct it, and (2) erred to his prejudice in the admission of testimony against…