RAKE v. COMMONWEALTH


450 S.W.2d 527 (1970)

James RAKE, alias James Scott, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter B. Whitesell, Fulton, for appellant.

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


MILLIKEN, Judge.

The appellant, James Rake, twenty-eight years of age, was convicted of carrying concealed a deadly weapon, a .38-caliber revolver, in violation of KRS 435.230, and was given the maximum sentence. The issue on this appeal, ably presented by his court-appointed counsel, is the admission of testimony which tended to implicate Rake in another crime and the contention that its admission was so prejudicial it prevented him from having a fair trial.

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