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AMOS v. COMMONWEALTH

516 S.W.2d 836 (1974)

Estill AMOS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 13, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Reid Caudill, Bowling Green, for appellant.

Ed. W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Kenneth A. Howe, Jr., Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen., William W. Pollard, Legal Intern, Frankfort, for appellee.

STEINFELD, Justice.

Appellant Estil Amos, who shot and killed Marcus Phelps on September 5, 1972, was indicted for wilful murder. KRS 435.010. A jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter and fixed his punishment at nine years' imprisonment. Judgment was entered pursuant to that verdict; Amos appeals. We affirm.

Amos, who claimed that he acted in self-defense, testified as to what had happened on the day he...

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