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TRENT v. COM.

606 S.W.2d 386 (1980)

Earl TRENT, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Ordered Published October 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Emory Farley, Public Advocate of Kentucky, Frankfort, for appellant; William H. Mohr, Sullivan, Jacobs & Mohr, Lexington, of counsel.

Steven L. Beshear, Atty. Gen., Patrick B. Kimberlin, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

Before HAYES, C. J., and GANT and WINTERSHEIMER, JJ.

HAYES, Chief Judge.

Earl Trent was convicted in December of 1979 of second degree assault for shooting a man named Shaun Mitchell with a shotgun. On appeal he argues that the jury was improperly selected, the court should have given an instruction on third degree assault, and the prosecutor's closing argument was unfairly prejudicial.

A panel of twenty-five prospective jurors was seated and examined as a group....

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