Mullins v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Creal, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Indicted for the murder of Arnold King, Frank Mullins has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to imprisonment for five years. He is appealing, and as grounds for reversal argues (1) that the verdict of the jury is contrary to law and not supported by evidence and resulted from passion and prejudice on the part of the jury; that the circuit court erred in not giving a peremptory instruction to find him not guilty; and (2) that the court admitted incompetent and prejudicial evidence over his objections.

The homicide occurred…