BUSH v. COMMONWEALTH


457 S.W.2d 495 (1970)

Leon BUSH, Harry Smith, and James Lafayette Bronston, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman M. Dayton, Lexington, for Leon Bush.

W. Thomas Bunch, Lexington, for Harry Smith.

Benjamin J. Lookofsky, Lexington, for James Bronston.

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


OSBORNE, Judge.

This is a consolidation of the appeals of Leon Bush, Harry Smith and James Bronston from their joint conviction in the Fayette Circuit Court of armed assault and malicious shooting and wounding with intent to kill. They each received prison sentences of life and 21 years to run concurrently.

Their chief contention upon this appeal is that the evidence against them was insufficient to support a conviction. As this was a joint trial of all three...

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