Nunley v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, Paul Nunley, has been convicted of the crime of manslaughter and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary. He seeks a reversal of the judgment on two grounds,: (1) All the evidence tends to show that the killing was in self-defense, and the court therefore erred in overruling his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal; and (2) the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence.

The appellant killed Millard Valentine by striking him on the head with an empty beer bottle. The killing occurred at a gasoline filling…