Webb v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Reed Webb was indicted for the crime of murder of his father. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve fifteen years in the state penitentiary. On appeal, he urges that the trial court erred in permitting the prosecution to impeach its own witness and in refusing to permit appellant to ask certain questions of prospective jurors on voir dire examination.

The first question on appeal concerns the testimony of Bobby Webb, a witness for the Commonwealth and brother of the appellant and son of the deceased. This witness was asked on direct examination…