Robinson v. Commonwealth

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, Gip Robinson, has been convicted of the crime of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 21 years. The sole ground urged for reversal of the judgment is the court’s failure to instruct the jury on appellant’s right to defend his home and family. A self-defense instruction was given.

Appellant shot and killed Shanklin Robinson, who was no relation and whom he had never seen prior to the night of the tragedy. Shanklin Robinson, accompanied by Jerry Cole, left Lexington in a pickup truck about 6:30 p. m., December 27, 1947, intending to go…