DICKERSON v. COMMONWEALTH


389 S.W.2d 935 (1965)

James DICKERSON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

April 23, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Higgins, Jr., Hopkinsville, for appellant.

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Frank Berry, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MOREMEN, Chief Justice.

On the 21st day of March, 1963, appellant, James Dickerson, after a plea of guilty to an indictment for rape, was sentenced by the Christian Circuit Court to life imprisonment in the penitentiary without privilege of parole.

On the 15th day of July, 1964, a motion to vacate that judgment was filed under RCr 11.42. The court docketed the case for trial, ordered the warden of the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville to produce the...

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