Koonce v. State

Defendant has taken this Belated Appeal from his conviction by a jury for the crime of Second Degree Murder. The Defendant’s wife was murdered November 14, 1969, in Hammond. Four persons testified that on the night of the murder the Defendant forced them at gunpoint to drive him to Henderson, Kentucky, and that during the trip the Defendant repeatedly said he had shot and killed his wife. Defendant was arrested at Henderson in his father’s home. In the room where Defendant was found a .25 caliber pistol was recovered. A firearm’s expert testified that the bullet taken from the body of the…