Lindon v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Ratliff

Reversing.

The appellant, Lacy Lindon, was jointly indicted with Calvin Williams and Boyd Stamper for the murder of Kelly Shackelford. Stamper was killed before the trial, and appellant and Williams were tried jointly, and the jury returned a verdict of acquittal of Williams and appellant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of 8 years in the penitentiary. He appeals.

The grounds urged for reversal are: (1) That the instruction given to the jury by the court was erroneous, and the court erred in refusing to give the whole law of the case, (2)…