JONES v. COM.


554 S.W.2d 363 (1977)

Samuel JONES, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

July 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., John W. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


PALMORE, Justice.

Samuel Jones appeals from a judgment sentencing him to life imprisonment pursuant to a verdict finding him guilty of murder. Cf. KRS 507.020, 532.060(a).

On Monday, December 23, 1974, the body of Ted Herring was found in his home at Paducah, where he lived alone and operated a loan business. He had been trussed up and shot in the head with two .22-caliber bullets which later were determined to have been fired out of the type of pistol generally...

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