Riley v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, Jerry Riley, has been convicted of the crime of murder, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for life. He seeks a reversal of the judgment on the following grounds: (1) The indictment is defective, and the demurrer thereto should have -been sustained; (2) the appellant’s motion for a continuance should have been sustained; (3) the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence and a verdict of acquittal should have been directed; (4) incompetent evidence was admitted; and (5) the Commonwealth’s attorney was guilty of misconduct in his…