Corder v. Commonwealth

278 S.W.2d 77 (1955)

Sherman CORDER, Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 11, 1955.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1955.

Duncan & Huddleston, Parker W. Duncan, Bowling Green, George W. Hatfield, Jr., Whitley City, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

CAMMACK, Justice.

Sherman Corder was charged with the willful murder of Arthur Herbert Smith. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at 21 years. The only ground urged for reversal is that the court failed to give an…