Commonwealth v. Newsome

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Caleb Newsome was convicted in the Pike Circuit Court of having carnal knowledge of a female under 18 years of age, and was sentenced to a term of three years in the penitentiary. On October 22, 1954, his conviction was affirmed by this Court, and on February 4, 1955, a petition for rehearing was denied. Newsome v. Commonwealth, Ky., 274 S.W.2d 484. In March 1955 Newsome filed a petition in the Pike Circuit Court for a writ of error coram nobis. On April 14, 1955, the court dismissed his petition. On January 24, 1956, he moved the court to reconsider the petition, and on…