COLWELL v. COMMONWEALTH


320 S.W.2d 116 (1958)

Curt COLWELL and Elmer Kilburn, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Eversole, Hazard, for appellants.

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


WADDILL, Commissioner.

Appellants, Curt Colwell and Elmer Kilburn were convicted of murder and were sentenced to life imprisonment. They seek a reversal of the judgments on the following grounds: (1) The verdict is not supported by the evidence; (2) six members of the jury were ineligible to serve as jurors; (3) one juror did not correctly answer questions on his voir dire examination; (4) separation of the jury; (5) prosecuting attorney's argument to the jury was...

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