Minix v. Commonwealth

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appellant, Clayton Minix, was convicted of the murder of Polly Arnett and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He seeks reversal of the judgment upon the following grounds: (1) Refusal of the court to grant him a continuance; (2) permitting the jury to separate; (3) admitting incompetent evidence and in excluding competent evidence; and, (4) prejudicial argument of the Commonwealth’s Attorney.

The evidence disclosed that the deceased, Polly Arnett, had once been the wife of appellant, but at the time of her death was divorced from, him and married to Garnett Arnett. On…