HOBBS v. COMMONWEALTH


481 S.W.2d 81 (1972)

Albert Clayton HOBBS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry E. Hughes, Lexington, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Carl Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


VANCE, Commissioner.

The appellant, Albert Clayton Hobbs, was convicted of the offense of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of fifteen years. As grounds for reversal of the judgment he asserts: (1) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of his past criminal record, (2) the Commonwealth's Attorney committed prejudicial error in his closing argument to the jury and (3) the instructions were erroneous.

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