Maynard v. Commonwealth

VANCE, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of rape and murder of a University of Louisville co-ed and was sentenced to life imprisonment upon each charge, the sentences to run consecutively.

Appellant advances seven assignments of error, only one of which we will review at this time because the record before us is not adequate for a complete disposition of the appeal.

One of the witnesses for the Commonwealth was John Spellman, a detective in the Jefferson County Police Department. His testimony related to the qualification and introduction in evidence of numerous photographs and his previous…