Reams v. Commonwealth

JONES, Justice.

Preston R. Reams appeals from the judgment of the Rockcastle Circuit Court in which his application to vacate a judgment of conviction was denied without an evidentiary hearing.

Reams urges that this court should reverse that ruling because he was not represented by counsel when the sentence was imposed.

In March 1952, Reams pled guilty to a charge of willful murder. A jury was impaneled, and fixed Reams’ punishment at life imprisonment.

This is Reams’ third RCr 11.42 motion to vacate the judgment. In his first motion, Reams alleged he was not represented by *854counsel. The trial…