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Wooten v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Nov 19, 1971
473 S.W.2d 116 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971)

Opinion

November 19, 1971.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Taylor County, George O. Bertram, J.

Wilson Wooten, in pro. per.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., George F. Rabe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


Wooten was convicted in 1944 of murder. He appealed from the judgment, which we affirmed. Wooten v. Commonwealth, 299 Ky. 598, 186 S.W.2d 652 (1945). Now, 27 years later, he seeks to vacate the judgment. RCr 11.42. His petition was denied without affording an evidentiary hearing.

He alleged inadequate assistance of counsel and matters related thereto. The record refutes those allegations. Dorton v. Com., Ky., 433 S.W.2d 117 (1968); Penn v. Com., Ky., 427 S.W.2d 808 (1968); Dupin v. Com., Ky., 408 S.W.2d 443 (1966); Jones v. Com., Ky., 388 S.W.2d 601 (1965).

He charged that the transcript of evidence on his trial did not accurately reflect the proceedings and that the bill of exceptions was suppressed. He is too late to make these assertions. McKinney v. Com., Ky., 445 S.W.2d 874 (1969); Brown v. Com., Ky., 396 S.W.2d 773 (1965).

The judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

Wooten v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Nov 19, 1971
473 S.W.2d 116 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971)
Case details for

Wooten v. Commonwealth

Case Details

Full title:Wilson WOOTEN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Date published: Nov 19, 1971

Citations

473 S.W.2d 116 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971)