Matters v. Commonwealth

CAMMACK, Chief Justice.

David Matters was sentenced to prison for life on .a charge of armed robbery. On this appeal he contends that (1) a peremptory instruction should have been given in-his favor; (2) the court erred in the admission of evidence of a previous conviction for robbery and in failing to admonish the jury as to the purpose for which the evidence was admitted; and (3) the 'Commonwealth’s Attorney made improper and: inflammatory remarks in his closing argument to the jury.

The robbery which Matters was charged with committing, along with two. companions, occurred on March 25, 1946.…