Martin v. Commonwealth

MILLIKEN, Judge.

The appellant, Isadore Martin, shot and killed Augustine Redden in the course of an *398argument arising out of a crap game. Martin was indicted for murder but was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary.

On July 24, 1965, at approximately 2 a. m., Martin and eight or ten other people were in the basement of a house in Eminence, Kentucky, owned by Martin. Curtains were hung from the rafters around a table where a crap game was in progress. Around the table were Redden, Martin, Martin’s nephew, Robert Carter, and several other people.…