Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 435.020 (2026)
Repealed, effective January 1, 1975
✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Voluntary manslaughter. History: Repealed 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 336, effective January 1, 1975. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1150.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases, 1951–1973 · leading case: Ross v. Commonwealth, 384 S.W.2d 324 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964).
Ross v. Commonwealth, 384 S.W.2d 324 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964). “Herbert Ross, convicted of voluntary manslaughter under KRS 435.020 on March 4, 1964, was also found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment under Instruction No.”
Marye v. Commonwealth, 240 S.W.2d 852 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). “KRS 435.020 provides a penalty for voluntary manslaughter, but involuntary manslaughter in this jurisdiction is punished as a common law misdemeanor.”
Martin v. Commonwealth, 406 S.W.2d 843 (Ky. Ct. App. 1966). “022(1) instruction, whereas it could have been fixed at more, less, or the same under a conviction of voluntary manslaughter pursuant to the KRS 435.020 instruction. It means they deliberately rejected all of the theories of intentional homicide, which were the only theories on…”
Rose v. Commonwealth, 385 S.W.2d 202 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964). “KRS 435.020. The present appeal is prosecuted by Geneva; Lawrence Rose has not appealed.”
McQueen v. Commonwealth, 393 S.W.2d 787 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). “010) but convicted of voluntary manslaughter (KRS 435.020). The jury’s verdict found McQueen guilty of voluntary manslaughter and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for twenty-one years; appellants Napier and Bryant were found guilty of aiding and abetting in the voluntary…”
Swanger v. Commonwealth, 255 S.W.2d 38 (Ky. Ct. App. 1953). “We observe in the bill of exceptions that the instruction on voluntary manslaughter does not contain the minimum, nor the maximum punishment that the jury could inflict upon the accused under this instruction as prescribed by KRS 435.020. On retrial, and in the event the…”
Wilkey v. Commonwealth, 452 S.W.2d 420 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970). “Appellant Ernest “Red” Wilkey was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Marshall Turner, found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and given the maximum penalty of twenty-one years in prison (KRS 435.020). He assigns a number of grounds on which he seeks a reversal of the…”
Mason v. Commonwealth, 463 S.W.2d 930 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971). “KRS 435.020. *931 He was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of twenty-one years.”
Hemphill v. Commonwealth, 405 S.W.2d 956 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). “KRS 435.020. This is the second appeal in the same case, a previous con *957 viction having been reversed in Hemphill v.”
Commonwealth v. Nevius, 249 S.W.2d 717 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952). “KRS 435.020. The crime consisting of failure to stop and render aid was unknown to the common law.”
Woodford v. Commonwealth, 388 S.W.2d 371 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). “Woodford, was indicted and tried under KRS 435.020. He was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to two years’ confinement in the state penitentiary.”
Wilson v. Commonwealth, 492 S.W.2d 450 (Ky. Ct. App. 1973). “He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter (KRS 435.020) and sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment.”
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