Lamb v. Commonwealth

LESTER, Judge.

Timothy Lamb was convicted of first-degree robbery, proscribed by KRS 515.020, and sentenced to incarceration for ten years and six months. From that judgment of conviction, this appeal ensues assigning as error the insufficiency of evidence as a matter of law to support the jury’s determination of guilt and the impropriety of the prosecutor’s closing arguments.

On December 13,1978, between the hours of 3:00 and 4:00 o’clock P.M., Bruce Burton was walking home along Fourth Street in Lexington. At a point near the Bourbon Street intersection, Burton observed Lamb talking to…