Travis v. Commonwealth

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 as a witness, (2) permitting members of the jury to take into the jury room notes they had made during the progress of the trial,…