BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH


357 S.W.2d 681 (1962)

John BROWN, Jr., Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Hastings, Stuart Lyon, David Kaplan, Louisville, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., John B. Browning, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

The appellant, John Brown, Jr., was tried in the Jefferson Circuit Court for the crime of armed robbery and the jury returned a verdict of guilty and a sentence of death. Brown prosecutes this appeal upon the sole ground that the prosecuting attorney made improper, inflammatory and prejudicial remarks in his closing argument to the jury.

On the afternoon of February 12, 1961, Brown entered Graf's Produce Market, in Louisville, ordered some...

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