Commonwealth v. Mullins

WILLIAMS, Judge.

The appellants Troy Mullins and Marion Martin were tried in the Floyd Circuit Court for murder on November 22, 1962. The jury was unable to reach a decision. A second trial was had on April 24, 1963, which resulted in a verdict of guilty, with punishment set at two years and one day in the State Penitentiary. That judgment was appealed to this Court, 375 S.W.2d 832, found to be erroneous, reversed, and the case was remanded to the Floyd Circuit Court for a new trial. A special judge was designated to try the case in April 1964, but he became ill and the trial was not had.…