Stumph v. Commonwealth

HILL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment convicting appellant of the crime of voluntary manslaughter and fixing his punishment at twenty-one years in prison.

Two reasons are advanced for reversing the judgment, (1) the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a continuance, and (2) failure of the trial court to admonish the jury pertaining to an outburst by a spectator at the trial.

We are of the opinion that the first error assigned demands a reversal of the judgment. It is unlikely that another “outburst” will occur on another trial, but, if it does, we think it…