Haynes v. Commonwealth

PALMORE, Justice.

Upon receiving word that his two sons, the appellants John Robert and Tounsel *241Haynes, were engaged in what might be called a “shoot-out” with William Caudill, the appellant Joe Haynes armed himself with a rifle, went to the scene of the affray, and shot and killed Caudill. The three Hayneses were jointly indicted for murder, found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment. KRS 43S.020. They appeal.

The case on John Robert and Tounsel Ray as aiders and abettors is very close, falling somewhere between Smiddy v. Com., 210 Ky. 359, 275 S.W. 872…