Dolan v. Commonwealth

VANCE, Commissioner.

The appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal he claims (1) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a purported confession (2) the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the verdict (3) the court failed to instruct on the whole law of the case and (4) the court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.

The appellant and his wife, Genevieve Dolan, resided in the home of appellant’s father and mother in Jefferson County, Kentucky. On Easter Sunday, April 6, 1969, Genevieve…