Jeter v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

Affirming,

The appellant, Charles Jeter, upon trial on an indictment charging him with the murder of Lisher Darnell, Jr., was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at 7 years ’ imprisonment.

Prom the judgment entered upon this verdict, he appeals, insisting as grounds for its reversal: (1) That the jury was wrongfully impaneled; (2) that the court erred in overruling his motion for a continuance, because of the absence of material witnesses; and (3) for the court’s prejudicial error in unreasonably limiting the time for argument to 30…