Williams v. Commonwealth

WHITE, Justice.

This appeal is from the Jefferson Circuit Court in which Appellant Jacques Anthony Williams was convicted of first-degree robbery and of being a second-degree persistent felony offender. His sentence totals twenty years’ imprisonment.

On June 9, 1984, a Seven-Eleven Store in Jefferson County was robbed by an individual who threatened the night clerk by reaching towards his back pocket and cautioning, “Do you want your life?” The County Police arrived almost immediately, and with the clerk’s assistance spotted and arrested Appellant nearby. Although “bait money” from the…