WINN v. COMMONWEALTH


303 S.W.2d 275 (1957)

William Clifton WINN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 21, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Rush Nicholson, Robert W. Zollinger, Louisville, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Edward L. Fossett, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SIMS, Judge.

Appellant, William Clifton Winn, was convicted under the habitual criminal statute KRS 431.190 and was given a life sentence. He assigns five grounds for reversal: 1. The corpus delicti was not proven; 2. incompetent evidence was introduced against him; 3. he was denied the right of cross-examination of a Commonwealth witness; 4. a previous suspended sentence cannot be considered as a prior conviction; 5. presenting proof of former convictions denied...

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