MOORE v. COMMONWEALTH


384 S.W.2d 498 (1964)

Elias MOORE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert Matthews, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, F. E. Wood, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of attempting to rape an eight-year-old child and his punishment fixed at confinement in prison for five years. KRS 435.080(2). Reversal of the conviction is asked on the grounds that the court erred: In permitting the jury to hear incompetent and prejudicial testimony; in instructing the jury, and in permitting the Commonwealth's attorney to make an improper closing argument to the jury.

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