MacOm v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Yan Sant, Commissioner

—Reversing.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of armed assault with intent to rob, as defined in KRS 433.150, and was sentenced to serve twenty-one years in the State reformatory. The following grounds are urged for reversal of the judgment: The Court erred (1) in overruling appellant’s motion for a directed verdict of acquittal; (2) in refusing to permit the jury to visit the scene of the crime; (3) in instructing the jury; and (4) in failing to grant a new trial upon the ground that two members of the jury did not vote for conviction.

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