Mullins v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Upon trial under an indictment for murder, Edgar Mullins was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Upon this appeal he contends: (1) He was entitled to a directed verdict; (2) there was error in the instructions; (3) incompetent evidence was admitted; and (4) the court erred in refusing to permit ¡the jury to view the scene of the killing. We will briefly review the evidence.

Mrs. Lucille Johnson, while walking up the driveway of her farm home about one and one-half miles south of London, Kentucky, some…