Hatfield v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

Subsection (1) of section 433.120, KRS (sec. 1159, Carroll’s Ky. Stats.) prescribes the punishment of one convicted of the common law crime of robbery at confinement in the penitentiary for not less than two, nor more than ten years. Section 433.140 (sec. 1159a, Carroll’s Ky. Stats.), prescribes the punishment for one who commits robbery who “uses or displays any pistol, gun or other firearm or deadly weapon” at confinement in the penitentiary for life or by death. Section 433.150, KRS (sec. 1160, Carroll’s Ky. Stats.) prescribes the punishment of…