Ramey v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

About 4:30 or 5 p. m. Sunday, May 3, 1936, in the-village of Dinwood on Beaver creek, in Floyd county,. Leonard (Pete) Ramey shot and killed Ambrose Compton, for which Pete was indicted for murder and on his-trial thereunder was convicted and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment. His counsel then filed for him a motion for a new trial and seven grounds in support of' it, which the court overruled, and he has appealed.

Grounds for Reversal.

There was no semblance of merit in six of his-grounds and his counsel on this appeal has abandoned.…