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McELFRESH v. COMMONWEALTH

253 S.W.2d 266 (1952)

McELFRESH v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 5, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Y. Brown and Harry B. Miller, Jr., Lexington, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., H.D. Reed, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

COMBS, Justice.

The defendant, Earl McElfresh, is charged with the murder of Raleigh Simpson. On his first trial he was sentenced to death. The sentence was set aside by this Court, 243 S.W.2d 497, because we were of the opinion the integrity of certain clothing filed as an exhibit had not been sufficiently established. On the second trial he was sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal is from that judgment.

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