RIEBESEHL v. COMMONWEALTH


434 S.W.2d 41 (1968)

Melville Harold RIEBESEHL alias George Roberts, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelley T. Riherd, Larry D. Garmon, Robert M. Alexander, Glasgow, for appellant.

John Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., George Rabe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


MILLIKEN, Judge.

The appellant, Melville Harold Riebesehl, alias George Roberts, was indicted and tried for murder, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. His three court-appointed counsel had eight days to prepare for his trial, worked diligently and almost totally at preparation of his case and, we think, saved the appellant from execution or life imprisonment, for there...

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