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YOUNG v. COMMONWEALTH

239 S.W.2d 971 (1951)

YOUNG v. COMMONWEALTH. BRAY v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hiram H. Owens, Barbourville, Isaac Turner, Hyden, John Lyttle, Manchester, for appellants.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., Zeb. A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., G. R. Drinnon, Commonwealth's Atty., Middlesboro, for appellee.

CLAY, Commissioner.

Phil Young and Johnny Hack Bray, tried together, were each convicted of the murder of Ira Bailey and sentenced to prison for life. Their appeals have been consolidated, and the same questions are raised in each case.

The story begins at Charlie Sandlin's place in Leslie County on the afternoon of October 4, 1949. Ira Bailey and Bob Walker were apparently drinking at this roadhouse. Young and Bray, with two or three others, came into Sandlin...

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