Boyd v. State

WHITE, Judge.

James A. Boyd was tried for first degree murder of Francis J. Veard, Sr. and was found and adjudged guilty of second degree murder.

The defendant asserts in substance as grounds for reversal (1) the introduction of testimony concerning oral admissions against interest which “alleged oral * * * admission was immediately repudiated by the defendant”; (2) the refusal of the trial court to declare a mistrial after an officer testified that the defendant’s arrest and initial detention in Kentucky had been for “kidnapping”; and similarly the trial court’s refusal to strike from…