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ASHER v. COMMONWEALTH

275 S.W.2d 416 (1955)

Rufus ASHER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 4, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac Turner, Hyden, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., for appellee.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Rufus Asher appeals from a judgment sentencing him to life imprisonment upon conviction of the murder of James Maggard, who died in Fayette County after having been shot in Leslie County.

The appellant claims that the verdict was flagrantly against the evidence, and also claims error in the instructions and in the admission of evidence.

The shooting occurred in the home of Lige and Ella Asher, parents of Rufus Asher, in Leslie...

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