Sharpe v. Commonwealth

McAllister, circuit judge.

This case has been before the state and federal courts on several occasions. Ex parte Sharpe, D.C., 36 F.Supp. 386; Sharpe v. Buchanan, 6 Cir., 121 F.2d 448; Sharpe v. Buchanan, 317 U.S. 238, 63 S.Ct. 245, 87 L.Ed. 238; Sharpe v. Commonwealth, 6 Cir., 135 F.2d 974; Sharpe v. Commonwealth, 284 Ky. 88, 143 S.W.2d 857; Sharpe v. Commonwealth, 292 Ky. 86, 165 S.W.2d 993.

Appellant now appeals from an order of the district court, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He was convicted of the ci'ime of murder, by a jury in the Fayette Circuit Court, of Kentucky,…