Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Bates
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided June 13, 1950PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Helm
Affirming.
On June 22, 1947, Dr. J. C. Bates and Ms wife, Ethel P. Bates, of Tompkinsville, were shot and killed by their son, Robert J. Bates. Robert J’. Bates was charged- in separate indictments with the crime of wilful murder of his father, Dr. J. C. Bates, and of his mother, Ethel P. Bates. On December 15, 1947, Robert J. Bates plead *335gnilty to the crime of wilful murder of his father, and to the crime of wilful murder of his mother. A jury found him guilty on each plea and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment on each of the charges. He was. sentenced to life imprisonment on…
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