STEVENS v. COMMONWEALTH


257 S.W.2d 529 (1953)

STEVENS v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

April 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl B. Rose, Beattyville, Ollie James Cockrell, Jackson, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Squire N. Williams, Jr., Frankfort, for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of maliciously cutting and wounding one George Little, and was sentenced to serve 10 years in the state penitentiary. On this appeal his only ground for reversal is that the court erred in failing to give a self-defense instruction.

The evidence for the Commonwealth was that after appellant had entered into an altercation with two men, George Little approached and inquired what was the matter. Thereupon appellant...

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