Jacobs v. Commonwealth

OPINION

HUDDLESTON, Judge.

On January 30, 1991, Johnny Jacobs shot and killed his wife, Claudia. A Knott Circuit Court jury convicted Jacobs of first-degree manslaughter, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. Jacobs appeals asserting that an improper procedure was employed to appoint a special judge to try his case; that the jury instructions, and the statutes upon which they are based, are unconstitutionally vague and incapable of being understood; and that it was error to deny him exemption as a victim of domestic violence and abuse from the stricter probation and parole…