Matthews v. Commonwealth

VANCE, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from an order overruling a motion to vacate judgment under RCr 11.42. The appellant claims that at the time of his trial he did not have sufficient mental capacity to comprehend the nature of the proceedings against him or to rationally participate in his defense.

In February 1966, the appellant entered a plea of guilty to two indictments for armed robbery. At the time he was represented by counsel. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on each indictment, the sentences to run concurrently.

In 1951 appellant had been adjudicated a person of unsound mind and…