AMBURGEY v. COMMONWEALTH


415 S.W.2d 103 (1967)

James R. AMBURGEY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude Asbury, Catlettsburg, Burnis Martin, Prestonsburg, for appellant.

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Lloyd R. Cress, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, W. B. Arthur, Commonwealth's Atty., Ashland, for appellee.


MONTGOMERY, Judge.

James R. Amburgey was convicted of seduction and sentenced to confinement for one year. On appeal he urges that the crime of seduction cannot be committed upon a divorcee; that the trial court erred in the admission of testimony and in the instructions given to the jury; and that reversible error was committed by failing to have the grand jury proceedings reported.

KRS 436.010(1) provides:

"Any person who, under promise of marriage...

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