Myers v. Commonwealth

GARDNER, Commissioner.

Artie K. Myers, appellant, was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment. His principal ground for reversal surrounds an alleged tainted identification of appellant.

J. B. Strange, the proprietor of an antique shop near Nicholasville, Kentucky, was in his store at 11:30 a. m. when two men entered under the pretense of prospecting for antiques. One of the men shoved a pistol in Strange’s back, saying “This is a stick up,” while the other took money from the cash register. As the episode was ending, a man with his wife and daughter entered the store. The…