Legal Opinion
Corder v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided February 11, 1955PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMMACK, Justice.
Sherman Corder was charged with the willful murder of Arthur Herbert Smith. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at 21 years. The only ground urged for reversal is that the court failed to give an instruction on insanity or unconsciousness.
Corder, 63 years of age, had been a peace officer for some 20 years. He was a commissioned, private peace officer for the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company in the town of Stearns at the time the offense was committed. There was no showing of previous, criminal or homicidal tendencies. As indicated by, an…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Maulding v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Smith v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1954
- Golden v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
- Harrod v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1950
- Webb v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1950
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. CaddellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
- State v. MercerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
- State v. MasseySupreme Court of Kansas · 1987
- Carter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
- Cannon v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1989
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