Jamerson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Stanley— .

Affirming.

The appellant, Walter Jamerson, has again been convicted of manslaughter, he having killed Eobert Finley in October, U26. On his first trial he was sentenced to serve 21 years in prison, but the judgment was reversed because of an erroneous qualification of the self-defense instruction. A full statement of the facts is given in the former opinion and they need not be repeated. Jamerson v. Commonwealth, 222 Ky. 70, 299 S. W. 1092, 1094. His second trial resulted in the disagreement of the jury. On his third trial he was found guilty and…