Legal Opinion
Rice v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 23, 1956PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOREMEN, Judge.
The appellant, W. L. (Levy) Rice, killed Reedy Whicker with a sawed-off shotgun. He was indicted for murder, convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for 21 years. The indictment was returned in Floyd County and the case was tried in Lawrence County.
Reedy Whicker was adjudged insane on December 9, 19S4, and was confined to the jail in Prestonsburg until the date set. for his removal to a state mental hospital on December 11, 1954, on which date, V. A. Hayes, a son of the jailer, Blackburn, a deputy sheriff, and Click, a deputy…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- State v. ChanceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1923
- Bircham v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1951
- Commonwealth v. MinorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
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