Legal Opinion
Hatfield v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided June 9, 1936PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Richardson
Affirming.
Prom a judgment on a jury’s verdict finding Pearl Hatfield guilty of voluntary manslaughter and' fixing her punishment at two years’ confinement in the state reformatory, she appeals.
On a trial before a jury to establish her plea of self-defense she testified thus:
“The first I knew he came to the door and knocked and I asked who it was and he din’t speak. I said: ‘Tell who you are,’ and he didn’t speak and I went to the other side of the room and got the shotgun from the wall and come back to the door. I held the- gun in my hand an'd said'-:…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Simmons v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
- Bullock v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Payne v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Cornett v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Barton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Lee v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1959
- Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- Crawford v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
- Davis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
- Sawyer v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
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