Lewis v. Commonwealth

PALMORE, Judge.

Fred Lewis, a prisoner in the state penitentiary at Eddyville, appeals from an or*322der of the Bell Circuit Court overruling without a hearing his RCr 11.42 motion to set aside a conviction and 4-year prison sentence imposed by that court on January 27, 1964, pursuant to his plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with detaining a woman against her will. KRS 435.110.

Our review is confined to whether the motion on its face states grounds that are not conclusively refuted by the record and which, if true, would invalidate the conviction. Cf. Baldwin v. Commonwealth, Ky., 406…