Wood v. Commonwealth

EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Judge.

The judgment of conviction of Edward Lenin Williams for the wilful murder of appellant’s deceased husband, James Alvin Wood, was affirmed by the opinion in Williams v. Commonwealth, Ky., 464 S.W.2d 244. He was given the death penalty.

Appellant was indicted along with Williams and one other person on a charge of wilful murder. After consulations by appellant’s attorney with the first assistant Commonwealth’s attorney, she changed her plea from not guilty to guilty to an amended charge of “aiding and abetting voluntary manslaughter” and waived jury trial. Her…