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298 S.W.2d 293

Burton v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 1, 1957

Court of Appeals of Kentucky · decided 1957-02-01

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Decided 1957-02-01

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Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently December 1983

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PER CURIAM.

¶1Motion for an appeal by Wayne Burton from a judgment of the Magoffin Circuit Court of guilty of shooting and wounding J. T. Lykins in sudden heat of passion without previous malice. The penalty imposed is imprisonment in jail for six months and payment of a fine of $500. KRS 435.180.

¶2We find no prejudicial error in the trial. The motion for an appeal is overruled, and the judgment stands affirmed.

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