Fleenor v. Commonwealth

OPINION op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

The appellant, Lee Fleenor, then a deputy sheriff of Harlan county, shot and killed Bige Gross, another deputy sheriff, in the vestibule of the courthouse. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen years in prison.

Bad feelings had existed between the two men for some time. Threats by the deceased to harm or kill the defendant had been communicated to him. Two days before, Gross had been released on bond under the charge of murdering the defendant’s half-brother. He had also shot his sister-in-law. As to the immediate…