TURNER v. COMMONWEALTH


240 S.W.2d 80 (1951)

TURNER v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 25, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe S. Feather, Williamsburg, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SIMS, Justice.

Louie B. Turner was convicted of striking Mrs. Myrtle Thacker with a deadly weapon with intent to kill her and his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for 10 years. He assigns two grounds for reversal of the judgment: 1. Improper remarks in the opening statement of the case to the jury by counsel employed to assist in the prosecution; 2. improper remarks in the closing argument by the same attorney.

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