BREWSTER v. COMMONWEALTH


278 S.W.2d 63 (1955)

Charles Henry BREWSTER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Clarke Otte, Frank E. Haddad, Jr., Louisville, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., John B. Browning, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SIMS, Judge.

Appellant, Charles Henry Brewster, was convicted as an habitual criminal and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment under KRS 431.190. He assigns three grounds for reversal: 1. It was prejudicial error for the court not to require the police officer to divulge the name of the person who informed on appellant; 2. appellant's arrest was illegal, therefore his car could not be searched without a warrant; 3. the court erred in not submitting to the...

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