Kinder v. Commonwealth

WADDILL, Commissioner.

This appeal is prosecuted by George Kinder from a judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of error coram nobis. The ground urged by the appellant for the issuance of the writ was that he was denied his constitutional right to testify during his trial upon an indictment charging him with the crime of murder.

Appellant was convicted and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for his participation in the killing of Pulaski County Sheriff, James B. Jasper. During his trial it was proven that Sheriff Jasper was slain by a pistol shot fired from an automobile occupied by two…