Payne v. Commonwealth

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Scott Payne was convicted of robbery in the first degree and wanton endangerment in the second degree, the jury fixing his punishment at fifteen years’ confinement. Then at the persistent felony offender stage of the trial, Payne was found guilty of being a first-degree persistent felony offender and on the penalty fixed by the jury was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of twenty years.

The incident portrayed at the trial occurred in a dry cleaning establishment. Three of the employees identified Payne as the armed robber. The license number of the car was observed as…