ACRES v. COMMONWEALTH


259 S.W.2d 38 (1953)

ACRES v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Ross, Shumate & Shumate, Richmond, Brown & Miller, Lexington, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., and Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

Willie Acres appeals from a conviction of murder on which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Although several grounds appear in his assignment of errors, the sole ground now relied upon for reversal is that incompetent and prejudicial evidence was permitted to be introduced at the trial over his objections.

On September 4, 1952, Willie Acres shot and killed James Hymer near the city of Richmond. Prior to the tragedy, Acres lived...

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