PARSLEY v. COMMONWEALTH


321 S.W.2d 259 (1958)

Gene PARSLEY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray C. Lewis, Lewis & Weaver, London, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., William F. Simpson, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Milton Luker, Commonwealth's Atty., London, for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

Appellant, Gene Parsley, was convicted of rape and was sentenced to imprisonment for life. This is the second appeal of this case. On the former appeal the judgment of conviction was reversed because the Commonwealth's Attorney was permitted to make an improper and prejudicial argument to the jury. Parsley v. Commonwealth, Ky., 306 S.W.2d 284.

On the instant appeal it is contended that the court erred...

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