Kinser v. Commonwealth

*650WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.. This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict which convicted Kinser, Johnson and Vincent of first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, and wanton murder. They were sentenced to terms of twenty years, twenty years, and life.

Various issues were raised by the three appellants with the most consistent complaint being an objection to the bifurcated procedure used by the trial judge. Kinser had given a statement to police which directly implicated Johnson and Vincent. Consequently the trial judge was presented with the problem of the admissibility of this…