PITTMAN v. COMMONWEALTH


242 S.W.2d 875 (1951)

PITTMAN v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Jack Wilson, Mayfield, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., John B. Browning, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

John Melvin (Junior) Pittman, upon trial for murder, was found guilty and given a life sentence. On appeal he alleges the following seven grounds of error: (1) Failure to grant a continuance; (2) failure to declare a mistrial because the defendant was brought into court in handcuffs; (3) failure to permit a prejudiced juror to be challenged for cause, thus requiring the defendant to exercise his last peremptory challenge in order to remove the...

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