JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH


302 S.W.2d 585 (1957)

Willard JOHNSON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin W. Paul, Louisville, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., David B. Sebree, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SIMS, Judge.

Appellant, Willard Johnson, was convicted of armed robbery and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. In seeking to reverse the judgment he insists the court erred: 1. In the admission and rejection of evidence; 2. in permitting improper argument by the Commonwealth Attorney; 3. in instructing the jury.

Willard and three companions, William Johnson, Lee Alva Dunn and Tony White, had been drinking at Gay's Tavern in Louisville on Saturday...

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