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DENNIS v. COMMONWEALTH

464 S.W.2d 253 (1971)

General (Snooks) DENNIS, Jr., Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 26, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. B. Bertram, E. G. Bertram, Jr., Bertram & Bertram, Monticello, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., David E. Murrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

DAVIS, Commissioner.

General (Snooks) Dennis, Jr., was charged with the murder of James Hunter. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter; the jury fixed his punishment at imprisonment for eight years. On this appeal he attacks the judgment of conviction, asserting that (1) incompetent evidence was admitted against him; (2) the court failed to instruct on the whole law of the case; (3) improper comments by the Commonwealth's attorney were prejudicial; (4) a peremptory...

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