MERRIFIELD v. COMMONWEALTH


283 S.W.2d 214 (1955)

Chester MERRIFIELD, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, ex rel. J. D. BUCKMAN, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandy Paniello, Louisville, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Earl V. Powell, Asst. Atty. Gen., A. Scott Hamilton, Commonwealth Atty., Louisville, for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

This appeal is prosecuted by Chester Merrifield from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court, Criminal Division, denying him a writ of coram nobis. His sole ground for reversal of the judgment is that newly discovered evidence has become available, the effect of which establishes that his conviction was erroneously obtained. He asserts that in the event he is granted a new trial, his innocence could...

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