THORNSBERRY v. COMMONWEALTH


400 S.W.2d 226 (1966)

Miles Buck THORNSBERRY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miles Buck Thornsberry, pro se.

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Joseph H. Eckert, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MILLIKEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a 1965 judgment in an RCr 11.42 action refusing to vacate a 1958 judgment of conviction for murder. The appellant charges that his counsel refused to call certain witnesses to testify in his behalf at the murder trial and that his conviction was obtained through the known perjured testimony of one Clawson Gibson, Jr. The Commonwealth denied the charges.

The trial court found that the appellant was represented at his...

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