LEWIS v. COMMONWEALTH


318 S.W.2d 857 (1958)

Fred LEWIS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 12, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shumate & Shumate, Thomas D. Shumate, Richmond, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Wm. F. Simpson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


STEWART, Judge.

This appeal is by Fred Lewis from a judgment entered on a verdict convicting him of malicious cutting and wounding with intent to kill and imposing a sentence of imprisonment for ten years. He was likewise indicted under the Habitual Criminal Statute, KRS 431.190, it being charged that he had previously been convicted of two other felonies.

These grounds are urged for reversal: (1) Competent evidence offered by Lewis was erroneously excluded...

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