Blackburn v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Judge.

Bennie Blackburn, indicted for the murder of Bill Buck Baker, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve 21 years in the penitentiary.

He appeals from the judgment entered, urging these grounds for reversal: (a) His motion for a directed verdict should have been sustained because it is claimed the evidence was not sufficient to take the case to the jury; and (b) the lower court erred prejudicially when it failed to give an instruction covering self defense.

The record discloses appellant, Blackburn, on the day of the killing had been driving around the…