Pruitt v. Commonwealth

REED, Justice.

Estill Pruitt, the appellant, was indicted for murder but found guilty by a jury of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to IS years in the penitentiary. Pruitt contends that he was entitled to a directed verdict of acquittal and that incompetent evidence was admitted over his objection, the prejudicial effect of which was not cured by a later admonition by the trial judge to the jury not to consider this objectionable evidence for any purpose.

It appears from the evidence that Pruitt, a married man, was having an affair with Rosemary McCormack. Pruitt and his girl friend went to…