Simpson v. Commonwealth

LAMBERT, Justice.

This matter of right appeal is from the judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court sentencing appellant to twenty years imprisonment upon his conviction of manslaughter in the first degree. The assignments of error will be addressed in the order of their presentation in appellant’s brief.

On the evening of February 17, 1984, appellant and his wife returned to their home from a social function. Upon arrival, they discovered appellant’s stepdaughter and William Earl Bibb sitting on the porch. Appellant did not approve of the romantic relationship between his stepdaughter and Bibb…