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Woods v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided June 20, 1941PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Fulton

— Reversing.

This appeal is from a judgment sentencing appellant, Hamblin Woods, to 21 years confinement in the penitentiary for the voluntary •' manslaughter of Tom Deaton. The details of the difficulty during which the hilling occurred are fully stated in Woods v. Com., 282 Ky. 596, 139 S. W. (2d) 439, wherein a judgment was affirmed by which the father of appellant was sentenced to the penitentiary for life for the murder of Grraydon Morgan. For the purposes confronting us it is sufficient to say that Oma Mattingly, who was with Mittie Lyons, wife of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. BrunemanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
  2. State v. . RollinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
  3. People v. Ah TeungCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  4. People v. BrittonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
  5. Woods v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. RobertsIllinois Supreme Court · 2005
  2. State v. BoboTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
  3. State v. CuzickWashington Supreme Court · 1975
  4. State v. SanchezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Crossland v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2009

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