Barker v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming.

Appellant, David (Bill) Barker, was indicted for the murder of Joe Roark, whom- appellant admittedly shot fatally on the night of July 22, 1946. A jury found ■him guilty of manslaughter and imposed a sentence of imprisonment for ten years. On appeal it is contended that the proof showed that Barker acted in his necessary self-defense, hence the court should have sustained his motion for directed verdict, and that the verdict was flagrantly against the evidence.

Barker lived at Dione in Harlan County; Herman Huff and Henry Williams, who were…