Legal Opinion

Eversole v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 18, 1914PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from Perry Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Reversing.

The appellant, Emma Eversole, was tried in the court below under an indictment charging her with the murder of her husband, Mack Eversole, but by the verdict of the jury was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, upon which judgment was duly entered fixing her punishment at confinement in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than twenty-one years; and from that judgment she has appealed.

She asks a reversal of the judgment on the following grounds: First, that the indictment was defective; second, that the circuit court erred in admitting as…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Peoples v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
  2. Terrell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1877
  3. Carpenter v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1892

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Eversole v. EversoleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
  2. Shell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
  3. Postell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
  4. Cavanaugh v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
  5. Thomas v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922

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