Merrifield v. Commonwealth ex rel. Buckman

WADDILL, Commissioner.

This appeal is prosecuted by Chester Merrifield from a judgment of the Jeffer-' son Circuit Court, Criminal Division, denying him a writ of coram nobis. His sole 'ground for reversal of the judgment is that newly discovered evidence has become available, the effect of which establishes that his conviction was erroneously obtained. He asserts that, in the event he is. granted a new trial, his innocence could now be established by such evidence.

Appellant was convicted of the murder of Alvin L. Keown, a Jefferson County Police Officer, and sentenced to death. The judgment…