Sharpe v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Fulton

Affirming.

The appellant, Howard M. Sharpe, now serving a life sentence in the state penitentiary at Eddyville following his conviction for murder in the Fayette circuit court, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Lyons circuit court. On final hearing the writ was discharged and relief denied. This appeal follows.

After appellant’s conviction in the Fayette circuit court (from which he did not appeal) he filed in that court a petition for a writ of error coram nobis seeking a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. He was denied…