Dennis v. Commonwealth

DAVIS, Commissioner.

General (Snooks) Dennis, Jr., was charged with the murder of James Hunter. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter; the jury fixed his punishment at imprisonment for eight years. On this appeal he attacks the judgment of conviction, asserting that (1) incompetent evidence was admitted against him; (2) the court failed to instruct on the whole law of the case; (3) improper comments by the Commonwealth’s attorney were prejudicial; (4) a peremptory instruction of acquittal should have been given; and (5) a witness was permitted to testify against him in violation of the…