Owsley v. Commonwealth

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The grand jury of Boyd County returned an indictment against Dewey Estill Owsley charging him with the murder of Dale Moore. At his trial he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve five years in the state penitentiary.

Owsley appeals and urges several grounds for reversal, one of which is that the evidence fails to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. However, the Attorney General takes a contrary view and contends that the evidence is amply sufficient to sustain the conviction. To resolve this issue we consider the evidence.

During the…