MEYER v. COMMONWEALTH


472 S.W.2d 479 (1971)

August Robert MEYER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee. Julius MATHIS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearings Denied December 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Haddad, Jr., Louisville, for appellant Meyer.

David Kaplan, Stuart Lyon, Hubert Hevey, Jr., Louisville, for appellant Mathis.

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


EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Judge.

The appellants, August Robert Meyer and Julius Mathis, on their separate but consolidated appeals seek to reverse their convictions for the wilful murder of Ralph Ronald Wright. Appellant Meyer was given the death penalty, while appellant Mathis received a life sentence.

We first discuss Meyer's appeal. He presents ten questions in his table of contents and authorities. We shall identify them as we go along.

First Meyer...

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