Watkins v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 111. — PROSECUTION AGAINST GREEN, WATKINS & OTHERS FOR MURDER. — Appeal from Breathitt Circuit Court. Robert Riddle, Circuit Judge. Defendant convicted and appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The appellant insists that the instructions given by the court are erroneous and prejudicial to his rights and misleading upon the trial of the cause.
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Case 111. — PROSECUTION AGAINST GREEN, WATKINS & OTHERS FOR MURDER. — Appeal from Breathitt Circuit Court. Robert Riddle, Circuit Judge. Defendant convicted and appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The appellant insists that the instructions given by the court are erroneous and prejudicial to his rights and misleading upon the trial of the cause. (Maiden v. Commonwealth, 82 Ky., 133; Riley v. Commonwealth, 94 Ky., '266; Martin v. Commonwealth, 93 Ky., 192; McDowell v. Commonwealth, 4 Ky. R., 353; Allen v. Commonwealth, 9 Ky. Law Rep., 785; Radford v. Commonwealth, 9 Ky. Law Rep., 379; Oakley…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Settle
Reversing.
The appellant, Green Watkins, his brother, Clay Watkins, and eonsin, Elliott Collins, were jointly indicted in the Breathitt circuit court for the murder of Lee Manns. Appellant was accorded a separate trial, and the jury by the verdict returned found him guilty of voluntary man-slaughter, and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary 10 years. By this appeal he seeks the reversal of the judgment of conviction.
We are asked by Counsel for the Commonwealth to dismiss the appeal upon the ground that the transcript of the record was not lodged in the…
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