Legal Opinion

King v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided March 7, 1941PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Tilpord

Reversing-.

The appellant was separately tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years imprisonment under an indictment charging him and his father with the murder of Mitchell Davis, and an instruction informing the jury that although they might find appellant not guilty under Instruction No. 1, relating to murder by shooting with a deadly weapon, or Instruction No. 2, relating to voluntary manslaughter committed in sudden heat and passion, or Instruction No. 5 which will be outlined later, they should nevertheless find him guilty…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Tibbs v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
  2. Embry v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1977
  2. Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. Winckler & Smith Citrus Products Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  3. State Ex Rel. Kuntz v. Montana Thirteenth Judicial District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Flippo v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
  5. Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. Winckler & Smith Citrus Products Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960

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