Glasscock v. Commonwealth

BIRD, Judge.

Appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of fifteen years upon conviction of carnally knowing a female in violation of KRS 435.100(1) (b). He contends that the judgment should be reversed because the trial court improperly, and to his prejudice, admitted into the evidence a letter written by him to the prosecuting witness after his arrest. He further complains that prosecutor’s closing argument was improper and prejudicial.

The letter reads as follows:

“September 21, 1956

“I get so lonesome for you that I wish I could die. And I did it all because I love you so much.…