Walker v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

James Walker, Curtis Pulliam, Danny Pedigo and Bobby Kinslow were tried together on a charge of burglarizing a safe in a store in Burkesville, Kentucky. Kinslow was acquitted but the other three were convicted. Walker and Pedigo received 20-year sentences and Pulliam received a 2-year sentence. Pedigo appealed separately and his conviction was affirmed in Pedigo v. Commonwealth, Ky., 416 S.W. 2d 751. We now have before us the appeals of Walker and Pulliam (each represented by different counsel).

We shall first consider Walker’s appeal. His first contention relates to an…