BELL v. COMMONWEALTH


520 S.W.2d 316 (1975)

Emlle (Pete) BELL, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Wilhoit, Public Defender, Anna H. Isaacs, Asst. Public Defender, Frankfort, for appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Mary Ann Delaney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

The appellant's sole contention, on this appeal from a judgment sentencing him to a term of 10 years in the penitentiary pursuant to a verdict convicting him of armed robbery, is that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial after the prosecuting attorney, on cross-examination of the appellant, undertook to impeach his credibility by asking him: "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" The appellant's contention is that under...

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