JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH


461 S.W.2d 379 (1970)

Herman JOHNSON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Johnson, pro se.

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


CLAY, Commissioner.

This is an RCr 11.42 proceeding in which appellant claimed ineffective assistance of counsel and denial of his right to appeal his original conviction for rape. His motion was denied on the ground that it asserted the same grounds of a prior similar motion which had been denied. Appellant was not given a hearing on the prior motion or the one before us.

With respect to the ground that his counsel's assistance was ineffective, appellant...

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