SPLUNGE v. COMMONWEALTH


487 S.W.2d 925 (1972)

Edward Lee SPLUNGE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Fleming, Louisville, for appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Jackson D. Guerrant, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


MILLIKEN, Justice.

Edward Lee Splunge was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to serve ten years in prison. The only ground urged for reversal on this appeal is that the jury panel used in his case was selected exclusively from the real estate tax rolls which, of course, did not include any citizen who did not own real estate. It is urged that by so selecting the jury panel the appellant's constitutional rights were prejudicially affected because the negro population...

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