COX v. COMMONWEALTH


491 S.W.2d 834 (1973)

Charlie COX, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. K. Spear, Frederick G. Neikirk, Somerset, for appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., John C. Ryan, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


GARDNER, Commissioner.

Charlie Cox was convicted of the murder of Claude Bryant and sentenced to life imprisonment. Cox's main grounds for reversal are that his alleged confession was erroneously admitted as evidence and the court failed to give a necessary instruction. We affirm.

Rupert Burdine, a neighbor of the deceased, went to Bryant's home to seek assistance in finding out who had broken into his (Burdine's) trailer. He reached Bryant's house between...

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