CULLEN, Commissioner.
In January 1966 the Clay Circuit Court granted a hearing to Carr Fields, and appointed counsel for him, on his motion under RCr 11.42 to set aside a 1953 judgment of conviction of rape under which he is serving a life sentence. After the completion of the hearing the court overruled the motion, from which ruling Fields has appealed.
The main ground upon which Fields sought relief was that he was convicted on perjured testimony. He produced...
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