Ruggles v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Judge.

Harry G. Ruggles, Jr., sought by motion in circuit court, pursuant to ground (6) of CR 60.02, to delete the words “without parole” from the jury verdict and from the judgment entered thereon in the hereinafter mentioned criminal case. The lower court refused to grant the relief sought.

The pertinent facts which constitute the basis of this proceeding are not in dispute. These are that on April 2, 1952, Harry G. Ruggles, Jr., was indicted in the Mason Circuit Court for the crime of rape. On the day his trial was set, an agreement was allegedly made between him and the…