Colwell v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, Commissioner.
■ Appellants, Curt Colwell and Elmer Kil-burn were convicted of murder and were sentenced to life imprisonment. They seek a reversal of the judgments on the following grounds: (1) The verdict is not supported by the evidence;' (2) six members of the jury were ineligible to serve as jurors; (3) one juror did not correctly answer questions on his voir dire examination; (4) separation of the jury; (5) prosecuting attorney’s argument to the jury was prejudicial; and, (6) newly discovered evidence and prejudicial activity by the circuit court clerk.
Appellants were convicted…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Watson and Kelly Caudill v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
- Banks v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Riley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1954
- McIntosh v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Neace v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1950
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