Kincaid v. Commonwealth

Kincaid was convicted in the circuit court on April 23, 1957, of reckless driving. Twenty-four days thereafter, on May 17, 1957, he was again apprehended and charged with reckless driving. He was tried and convicted of this latter charge on November 6, 1957, and the judgment entered on that conviction is the subject of this appeal.

During the course of the trial the Commonwealth' introduced evidence of the previous conviction (April 23, 1957), which evidence was admitted over the objection of the accused wherein he asserted that the evidence was inadmissible as the warrant on which he was…