CARTER v. COMMONWEALTH


397 S.W.2d 165 (1965)

Frank CARTER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Carter, in pro. per.

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Harold T. Hotopp, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

The trial court overruled, without a hearing, the motion of Frank Carter under RCr 11.42 to vacate the judgment of conviction under which he is serving a 21-year sentence for armed assault with intent to rob. Carter has appealed.

The motion asserted that Carter was charged with armed robbery, for which the only permissible penalties are life imprisonment or death, and that the 21-year sentence therefore is void. However, the record of...

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