PENNINGTON v. COMMONWEALTH


371 S.W.2d 478 (1963)

Rawleigh PENNINGTON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 4, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denver Adams, Hyden, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Joe Nagle, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PALMORE, Judge.

Having been found guilty of willful murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, Rawleigh Pennington claims four reversible errors as follows: (1) denial of a continuance, (2) separation of the jury during the trial, (3) the giving of a willful murder instruction without evidence sufficient to justify it, and (4) overnight lodging of the jurors outside the county seat.

In the early evening of October 12, 1962, Pennington and the decedent, Hosa...

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