EVERSOLE v. COMMONWEALTH


550 S.W.2d 513 (1977)

Jimmy Wayne EVERSOLE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack E. Farley, Public Defender, Gary E. Johnson, Asst. Public Defender, Frankfort, for appellant.

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., Martin Glazer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

Jimmy Wayne Eversole, Mellie Holcomb and Odell Farley were charged by the Grand Jury with the murder of Green Gibson. KRS 507.020(1)(a). In a previous trial, the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Farley was granted a severance. In a subsequent trial which gives rise to this appeal, the jury found Eversole guilty of murder and fixed his punishment at 20 years and 1 day in the state penitentiary. Mellie Holcomb was acquitted. The trial court sentenced...

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