Bell v. Commonwealth

OSBORNE, Judge.

On May 10, 1971, appellant was convicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court, Criminal Branch, First Division, of two counts of armed robbery. He received a sentence of ten years on each count, which the trial court ordered to be served consecutively.

Counsel who represented appellant on the trial of the case is not the same as his counsel on this appeal. It is insisted upon the appeal that the judgment should be reversed because the Commonwealth was permitted to go into detail concerning previous felony convictions both in cross-examining appellant and in the closing argument.

It is…