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Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976), 1941

Elisha Couch and Ed Couch v. Commonwealth

Elisha Couch and Ed Couch v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · Decided January 21, 1941 · Cammack
148 S.W.2d 725; 285 Ky. 596; 1941 Ky. LEXIS 434 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Beverly White for appellants. Hubert Meredith, Attorney General, and Wm. F. Neill, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Elisha Couch and Ed Couch v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammack

Dismissing appeal.

Elisha Couch and Ed Couch were indicted with George Couch and two others for the murder of Wash Daniel in June, 1937. They were tried together in July, 1937, and found guilty. Their punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. They are now attempting to appeal from the judgments entered in July, 1937. The appeal was filed April 2, 1940. It is dismissed for the reasons set forth in Couch v. Commonwealth, 285 Ky. 594, 148 S. W. (2d) 724, this day decided.

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