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FORD v. COMMONWEALTH

286 S.W.2d 518 (1956)

Everett Alphonsa FORD, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 27, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph H. Richards, Louisville, for appellant.

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

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Everett Alphonsa Ford was convicted of rape, and sentenced to life imprisonment without privilege of parole. KRS 435.090. On this appeal, he contends the court erred (1) in permitting the prosecuting witness to testify that she was a virgin, and (2) in admitting an alleged confession of Ford under a finding that the confession had not been obtained by "sweating" in violation of KRS 422.110.

The prosecuting witness, a white woman, testified...

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