JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH


447 S.W.2d 93 (1969)

Phillip JOHNSON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry E. Hughes, James E. Keller, Keller & Hughes, Lexington, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Joseph L. Famularo, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On this appeal he presents a single question.

At the trial several persons identified appellant as the person who had committed the crime. Some of them had theretofore picked him out in a police "line-up". At that time appellant did not have an attorney representing him.

On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court held that an accused person...

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