TRAVIS v. COMMONWEALTH


457 S.W.2d 481 (1970)

Sylvester TRAVIS and Harvey Gene Davis, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 5, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Kenton, Jerry Anderson, Shuffett, Kenton & Anderson, Lexington, for appellants.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., David Murrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PALMORE, Judge.

The appellants, Harvey Gene Davis and Sylvester Travis, and three other co-defendants were indicted, tried and found guilty on a charge of armed robbery, KRS 433.140. The jury fixed Davis' punishment at 20 years and Travis' punishment at 15 years in the penitentiary. On their appeals to this court Davis and Travis contend that the trial court erred to their prejudice in (1) declining to rule as a matter of law on the competence of one William Combs...

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