Cole v. Commonwealth

JONES, Justice.

Bus Cole appeals from a judgment sentencing him to 15 years and to life imprisonment respectively pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the first degree and of being a habitual criminal. The trial court directed that the sentences run concurrently. Cole is not satisfied with the result and prosecutes this appeal. It is noted that trial counsel and appellate counsel are not the same. Local attorneys represented Cole at trial; the public defender represents Cole in this appeal.

Cole raises seven issues on this appeal: (1) the indictment was…