JONES, Justice.
James Chapple Cox was indicted by a Fayette County grand jury on two counts: (1) storehouse breaking, KRS 433.190, (2) habitual criminal, KRS 431.190.
A trial jury found Cox guilty on both counts and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The trial court imposed the sentence in conformity with the jury's verdict.
On appeal Cox argues that the imposition on him of the habitual criminal statute's mandatory...
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