GAMMONS v. COMMONWEALTH


305 S.W.2d 932 (1957)

Cecil GAMMONS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Coomes, New Castle, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., David B. Sebree, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

Cecil Gammons has appealed from a judgment sentencing him to life imprisonment in connection with the death of Mrs. Nancy Thompson. We must reverse the judgment because the evidence is wholly insufficient to support the conviction of the crime of murder, and also for the reason that incompetent and prejudicial testimony was introduced during the trial over Gammons' objections.

On the night of September 21, 1954, at approximately ten...

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