Legal Opinion
Newsome v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided January 15, 1963Published
1Opinion of the Court
366 S.W.2d 174 (1962)
Goebel Lee NEWSOME, Appellant,
v.
COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky.
December 14, 1962.
Dissenting Opinion January 15, 1963.
Rehearing Denied April 19, 1963.
Francis M. Burke, Pikeville, for appellant.
John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Martin Glazer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.
STEWART, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Goebel Lee Newsome, was indicted for the wilful murder of Lawrence Robinson. He was convicted in the Pike Circuit Court of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary.
The evidence for the Commonwealth…
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