SMITH v. COMMONWEALTH


404 S.W.2d 285 (1966)

Wesley SMITH, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 17, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley Smith, pro se.

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from an order overruling a motion to vacate the judgment in an RCr 11.42 proceeding. The motion was drawn up by a "penitentiary lawyer" reciting numerous grounds, with most of which appellant was unfamiliar. The trial court appointed counsel for the appellant and a full hearing was had on the claim that appellant's constitutional rights were violated because of the negligence of his original court-appointed lawyer.

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