Galloway v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Estill Galloway was convicted of being an accessory before the fact of armed robbery. He received a life sentence. On appeal he argues that: (1) Hearsay evidence was erroneously admitted; (2) the testimony of Sunset Joseph was erroneously excluded; and (3) his motion for a directed verdict should have been sustained.

Paul Collins and Sunset Joseph assaulted and robbed R. C. Eversole, a storekeeper, on January 31, 1963. They were arrested, and Sunset Joseph made an affidavit in which he confessed and implicated Glenn Cornett and John Parrott. Later, Joseph implicated…