Lucas v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Rees

Reversing.

The grand jury of Letcher county returned an indictment against Floyd Bates and Dewey Lucas charging them- with murder. Separate trials were granted. The Commonwealth elected first to try Floyd Bates, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. • At the subsequent trial of Dewey Lucas the jury found the accused guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of ten years. Lucas appeals, and argues that the judgment should be reversed because (1) the evidence was insufficient…