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- Title: Burchfield v. Commonwealth
- Author : Court Of Appeals Of Kentucky
- Release Date : January 13, 1945
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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CAMMACK, Justice. Jack Burchfield shot and killed Bill Miller with a pistol between 8 and 9 o'clock on the evening of September 24, 1943. He was found guilty and his punishment fixed at 21 years in prison. Complaint is directed (1) to the contents and manner of admission of a dying declaration; (2) the giving of an instruction on the reckless handling of the pistol; (3) the court's refusal to admit surrebuttal testimony; (4) the admission of evidence as to a poker game and certain remarks attributed to Burchfield; and (5) the refusal of the court to set aside the swearing of the jury because of certain remarks made by employed counsel for the Commonwealth in his closing argument to the jury.