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DELANEY v. COMMONWEALTH

520 S.W.2d 747 (1975)

Billy T. DELANEY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Wilhoit, Public Defender, Frankfort, Jim R. Early, Asst. Public Defender, Frankfort, for appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., George Geoghegan, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

VANCE, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment under which appellant was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years for the crime of holding a hostage. KRS 432.505.

The appellant admitted taking and holding a guard at the penitentiary as a hostage. He claims that he was requested and coerced into doing so by the warden. In substance he claims that the warden was disturbed by certain...

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