YAGER v. COMMONWEALTH


436 S.W.2d 527 (1968)

James Bell YAGER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bell Yager, pro se, Francis T. Goheen, Paducah, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Joseph L. Famularo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

James Bell Yager appeals from a denial of his motion under RCr 11.42 to vacate a sentence of five years for violation of KRS 432.390, escape from a penitentiary. His appeal from the sentence was affirmed, with petition for rehearing denied. Yager v. Commonwealth, Ky., 407 S.W.2d 413. Significantly, it is there pointed out that so far as Yager would permit, he had able assistance of appointed counsel during...

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