Commonwealth v. Wolford

COOPER, Justice.

Appellees Duffy Wolford, Blaine Wol-ford and Charlie Wolford were indicted by a Pike County grand jury on charges of murdering Franklin Coleman, Jr., (“Junior”) and Kevin Coleman, either as principals or as accomplices. Under the instructions given at the conclusion of their joint trial, the jury could have found any one or all of the appellees guilty, as principals or accomplices, of intentional murder, wanton murder, first-degree manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter, or reckless homicide. The jury returned verdicts finding all three guilty of second-degree manslaughter…