Maddox v. Commonwealth

PALMORE, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding the appellant, Taylor Maddox, Sr., guilty under KRS 431.^ 170 as an accessory after the fact to the murder of Woodrow Smith and fixing his punishment at one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. The circumstances of the homicide are set forth in Warren v. Com., Ky.1960, 333 S.W.2d 766, wherein the conviction of John Henry Warren, the principal, was affirmed.

It is contended that the trial court erred to appellant’s prejudice in (1) overruling his motions for a directed verdict, (2) receiving incompetent testimony, (3)…