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SPEARS v. COMMONWEALTH

253 S.W.2d 566 (1950)

SPEARS v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 23, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davies & Hirschfeld, Newport, George T. Muehlenkamp, Newport, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Attorney General, Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. General, for appellee.

HELM, Justice.

Appellant Roosevelt Spears, was indicted for the murder of Charles Edward Thompson. At a trial he was found guilty and his punishment fixed at death. He appeals, assigning as errors: (1) The inexperience of counsel appointed to represent the defendant rendered his appointment so ineffectual that the defendant was deprived of the right secured to him by Section 11 of the Kentucky Constitution to be heard by himself and counsel; (2) the court erred in...

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