NANTZ v. COMMONWEALTH


243 S.W.2d 1007 (1951)

NANTZ v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 30, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Campbell Van Sant, Frankfort, (Grant F. Knuckles, W. R. Lay, Pineville, J. B. Carter, G. E. Reams and William Wall, all of Harlan, Van Sant & Young, Frankfort, of counsel), for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., Squire N. Williams, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

Charlie Wade, Ray Smith, and appellant, Oral Nantz, were jointly indicted for the murder of Joe Hensley. Tried separately, appellant was found guilty and his punishment fixed at death. We shall consider the following grounds relied upon for reversal: (1) error in dismissing appellant's petition for change of venue, (2) error in admitting incompetent evidence, (3) error in permitting prejudicial statements of the prosecuting attorney, and (4...

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