Decker v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Ratliff

Affirming.

The appellant, Tommie Decker, was indicted in the Grayson circuit court for the murder of James Whitaker. He was tried and convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary. He has appealed from that judgment, and asks for. a reversal on various grounds. It is first insisted that the verdict is against the law and evidence. This calls for a resume of the facts, which, in substance, are as follows:

On the night of April 18, 1936, appellant, in company with Ed Claypool and the deceased, went from Harrison county, Ky.,…