Golden v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

Affirming.

The appellant, Green Clay Golden, having been indicted by the grand jury of Knox county, charging him with the willful murder of Simon Blanton, committed by shooting and killing him, he was upon his trial on the charge found guilty and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment.

The only grounds urged for reversal of the judgment are: (1) The alleged error of the court in admitting prejudicial evidence; (2) that the court should have directed the jury to acquit appellant; and, if not that, then an instruction on temporary insanity should have been…