Sheckles v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Robert Leo Sheckles, Everett Alphonsa Ford, and Clarence Anthony White were indicted for rape. Each was convicted on separate trials. Sheckles received a death sentence, from which he appeals. Ford and White each received life sentences. The Ford sentence has been affirmed; Ford v. Commonwealth, Ky., 1956, 286 S.W.2d 518. White did not appeal.

The appellant urges that the trial court erred: (1) in admitting his alleged confession under a finding that the confession had not been obtained in violation of KRS 422.110; (2) in permitting the introduction of certain pictures into…