Smallwood v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sims

Reversing.

Appellant, Jeff Smallwood, Jr., was indicted for the felony of carrying concealed a deadly weapon, a dirk, as denounced in KRS 435.230. In separate counts the indictment further charged in appropriate terms that Jeff previously had been convicted of three felonies,. His trial under the instant indictment also resulted in a conviction and his • punishment was fixed at life imprisonment, as provided in KRS 431.190.

Appellant’s motion for a new trial contained 11 grounds, but only three are argued in his brief: 1. The court erred in overruling…