POWELL v. COMMONWEALTH


226 S.W.2d 944 (1950)

312 Ky. 219

POWELL v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. B. Rose, Beattyville, John Lyttle, Manchester, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

The appellant, John Powell, Jr., has again been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Matilda Griffin. A recitation of the general facts will be found in Powell v. Commonwealth, 308 Ky. 467, 214 S.W.2d 1002, wherein we reversed the first judgment because of the admission of incompetent testimony and the giving of erroneous instructions. The sole ground submitted for a reversal...

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