Winstead v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

This is an appeal by the defendant.from a judgment of the Rockcastle circuit court fixing Ms punishment, in accordance with the .verdict, at confinement in the penitentiary for life for having shot and killed Watt Norton, in August, 1921.

The grounds upon which a reversal is sought are, (1) error of the court in summoning the jurv from an adjoining county, (2) admission of incompetent evidence over the objection of the defendant, and (3) improper conduct of counsel employed to assist in the prosecution.

In presenting the complaint that the court…