JONES v. COM.


560 S.W.2d 810 (1977)

James Foster JONES, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Murray Turner, Louisville, for appellant.

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., Carl Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


CLAYTON, Justice.

James Foster Jones appeals from a judgment sentencing him to 30 years' imprisonment for the March 5, 1976, murder of Burt Grubbs, whose death resulted from a blow at the base of his skull. The facts of the case are basically as follows.

Jones and Lee Etta Hahn were married in 1970; in January of 1975 they were divorced. For a time after the divorce, Lee Etta lived alone. As her resources dwindled, however, she moved into the home of the 78...

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