CLAYPOOLE v. COMMONWEALTH


337 S.W.2d 30 (1960)

Harold CLAYPOOLE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Bernard Coughlin, Maysville, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Troy D. Savage, Asst. Atty Gen., Woodson T. Wood, Commonwealth Atty., 19th Judicial Dist., Maysville, for appellee.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

Appellant, Harold Claypoole, was indicted for the crime of malicious shooting at and wounding another with intent to kill. His trial resulted in a verdict of guilty and he was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant shot Leland Edgington in the left leg on the night of July 25, 1959. His defense was that he was acting in self-defense.

During the course of the trial the physician who treated Edgington testified concerning...

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