Sizemore v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hurt

Affirming.

The appellant, Jeff Sizemore, was indicted for the crime of murder and upon trial, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his penalty fixed at imprisonment for the period of twenty-one years, by the verdict of the jury. His motion to set aside the verdict and to grant him a new trial was overruled, and judgment rendered in accordance with the verdict, and from the judgment he has appealed.

The chief facts constituting and connected with the crime of which the appellant was adjudged guilty are as follows: No actual trouble or cause of animosity…