Mills v. Commonwealth

GRAVES, Justice.

Appellant, Harold Joe Mills, was convicted in the Knox Circuit Court of first-degree robbery and of being a second-degree persistent felony offender. He was sentenced to a total of fifty years imprisonment and appeals to this Court as a matter of right. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse the convictions and remand the matter to the circuit court for a new trial.

Around 10:00 p.m. on July 27, 2000, Brandon Gray, a gas station attendant at Jack’s Stop and Shop, observed two men approaching the gas station from the neighboring car wash. About the same time, a blue van…