Davis v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Sandidge, Commissioner—

Affirming.

The appellant, Sid Davis, tried by a jury of the Fayette circuit court for murder, was found guilty and his punishment fixed at death. He prosecutes this appeal from the judgment of the court imposing that penalty upon him. The reasons urged why appellant should be granted a new trial make it unnecessary to set forth in detail the facts and circumstances of the homicide, as given in evidence upon the trial.

As part of the case against him, the Commonwealth proved by Ben Jenkins that after the homicide and while appellant was confined in…