Nelson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

This appeal is from a conviction of murder and sentence of death.

The appellant, Ray Nelson, was tried at a special term of the McCreary circuit court, and the jurisdiction of the court to try the case is questioned because, as claimed by appellant, the order and notice calling the special term did not give the style of this case as one of the cases to be tried. The method of selecting the jury also is questioned, but the only ground relied on for reversal of the judgment which we deem worthy of con sideration is the alleged error of the court in…