Brock v. Commonwealth

COOPER, Justice.

On May 4, 1994, Appellant Boyd Allen Brock killed Bill “Doc” Partin by shooting him with a 9-mm semiautomatic pistol. Appellant asserts he killed Partin in self-defense. Following a trial by jury, Appellant was convicted of first-degree manslaughter and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for twenty years. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const., § 110(2)(b).

*26I. MOTION FOR DIRECTED VERDICT

Since Appellant’s first claim of error is that he was entitled to a directed verdict of acquittal, it is necessary to summarize the facts leading up to Partin’s…