Harris v. Commonwealth

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• No reversible error where the trial court refused to instruct on manslaughter in light of evidence showing the defendant purchased bullets for his pistol one afternoon, shot his wife, then bought more bullets and “fired several more shots into her lifeless body.” Id.
• No reversible error where the trial court refused to instruct on manslaughter in light of evidence showing the defendant purchased bullets for his pistol one afternoon, shot his wife, then bought more bullets and \fired several more shots into her lifeless body.\ Id.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fields v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-02-24· cited 55×
• Tate v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1935-03-01· cited 19×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1919-10-03· cited 18×
• Graham v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1923-06-22· cited 17×
• Vaughn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1924-07-01· cited 17×
• Blackburn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1923-10-12· cited 16×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1932-10-11· cited 15×
• Milburn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1928-02-17· cited 14×
• De Berry v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1956-01-27· cited 12×
• Shorter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1934-01-23· cited 11×
• Perciful v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1925-12-02· cited 10×
• Patterson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1933-11-21· cited 9×
• Hall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1935-03-19· cited 7×
• Lawson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1928-01-17· cited 6×
• Todd v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1922-06-16· cited 3×
• Weick v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1924-01-18· cited 3×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Chambers
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1915-09-23· cited 56×
• Shannahan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1871-12-13· cited 25×
• Helm v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1914-01-13· cited 9×
• Marshall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1910-12-09· cited 5×