Williams v. Commonwealth

McDONALD, Judge:

R.B. Williams appeals his jury conviction of first-degree robbery wherein his punishment was fixed at ten years to serve in the penitentiary.

The facts of the case are not complicated. On August 24, 1979, at about 5:00 a.m., McKinley Townsley, an employee, opened the Downs’ Cleaners in Hopkinsville. Townsley saw an intruder in the shop whom he recognized as a man called “Skeeter,” *787later identified as the appellant, R.B. Williams. He observed that “Skeeter” had clothes in his possession and that his hand was bleeding.

Upon being confronted by Townsley inside the shop, Williams…