Bell v. Commonwealth

OSBORNE, Judge.

This is an appeal, granted belatedly, from the Jefferson Circuit Court, Criminal Branch, Second Division. The appellant was convicted in that court of armed robbery on March 3, 1964, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. On November 12, 1970, after an evidentiary hearing in a RCr 11.42 proceeding, the trial court granted this belated appeal. This appeal is based upon appellant’s motion of March 9, 1964, for a new trial, which was overruled.

The first ground for reversal pressed by the appellant is the trial court committed prejudicial error in failing to sustain appellant’s…