SHECKLES v. COMMONWEALTH


289 S.W.2d 515 (1956)

Robert Leo SHECKLES, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben F. Shobe, Foster S. Stone, Louisville, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., William F. Simpson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Robert Leo Sheckles, Everett Alphonsa Ford, and Clarence Anthony White were indicted for rape. Each was convicted on separate trials. Sheckles received a death sentence, from which he appeals. Ford and White each received life sentences. The Ford sentence has been affirmed; Ford v. Commonwealth, Ky., 1956, 286 S.W.2d 518. White did not appeal.

The appellant urges that the trial court erred: (1) in admitting...

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