Legal Opinion
Birdsong v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided February 13, 1942PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Sims, Commissioner
Affirming.
J. B. Birdsong and Ms brother, C. D. Birdsong, were jointly indicted for the murder of Ollie Dunningan. Upon a separate trial, J. B. Birdsong was convicted and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. He asks that the judgment be reversed because: (1) a directed verdict should have been given in his behalf; (2) the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence; (3) incompetent evidence was admitted against him; (4) the court did not give the whole law of the case.
Dunningan, a toll-bridge collector, at the Eggner’s Perry Bridge, was shot to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Davenport v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1941
- Privitt v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
- Minniard v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Miller v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- Bates v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Texas Continental Life Insurance Company v. Charles D. Dunne and J. E. Dunne, Ii, Texas Continental Life Insurance Company v. The Bankers Bond Company, Inc., and Elinore SedleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Marcum v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
- Texas Continental Life Insurance v. DunneCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962