JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH


427 S.W.2d 246 (1968)

Jimmie Paul JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

April 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Morton, Gordon, Gordon & Logan, Madisonville, for petitioner.

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Curran Clem, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for respondent.


MILLIKEN, Judge.

This is an appeal of a judgment overruling an RCr 11.42 motion to vacate a judgment of conviction. The thrust of the appeal centers on whether adequate counsel had been had by the prisoner at his trial, and whether the trial court properly refused to grant a full hearing before denying the RCr 11.42 motion to set aside the conviction.

The appellant Jimmie Paul Johnson, was twenty-six years of age with no previous criminal record at the time...

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