Kennedy v. Commonwealth

LUKOWSKY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the McCracken Circuit Court which adjudged the appellants guilty of robbery in the first degree, KRS 515.020(1)(b), 1 and fixed their punishment at the minimum ten-year term of imprisonment. We affirm.

On the afternoon of January 31,1975 two young men entered Pete Leasor’s grocery in rural McCracken County and purchased some soft drinks and candy bars. They lingered in the store until Mrs. Leasor was alone. One of the young men approached Mrs. Leasor as she was opening the cash register, took a pistol from his pocket and held it on Mrs.…