Howard v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

On the former appeal of this case the judgment was reversed for certain errors in the proceedings. The facts are stated in that opinion. Howard v. Com., 227 Ky. 142, 12 S. W. (2d) 324. On the return of the case to the circuit court it was tried on practically the same evidence, and the defendant again was found guilty of murder, and her punishment was fixed, as before, at life imprisonment. She appeals and relies on the following grounds for reversal:

At the February term, 1929, upon the calling of the case for trial, the defendant made a…