Wiley v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

Appellant, Allen Wiley, III, was convicted by a Jefferson Circuit Court jury of two counts of first-degree robbery and one count of second-degree robbery. Appellant received a sentence totaling forty-five years for the crimes. He now appeals as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b).

I. Background

On April 5, 2008, a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt, later identified as Appellant, entered U.S. Bank and told the teller he wanted to make a withdrawal. When Appellant could not remember his account number, he gave the teller his Social Security number. After…