Ratcliffe v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Willis

Affirming

Ballard E. Ratcliffe was convicted of the crime of willful murder and condemned to die in the electric chair. He has prosecuted an appeal from the judgment of conviction, complaining that the trial court committed error prejudicial to his substantial rights in certain rulings re-' specting the admission and exclusion of evidence, and in refusing to restrict the argument of the commonwealth’s attorney as requested by him. In order to appreciate the questions presented and to understand the decision of the court disposing of them, it is essential to…