Booth v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT

The appellants were convicted of robbery in the first degree and for being persistent felony offenders in the first degree. They received sentences of life imprisonment, and appeal to this court as a matter of right.

Mrs. Mildred James, a worker at Consolidated Freight Ways, entered a First Security Bank on March 10, 1982, to obtain a cashier’s check for the company in the amount of $230.98. Unfortunately, she entered the bank as a robbery was in progress. Appellant Booth, who was carrying a gun, demanded that she give him her money and lie down on the floor. Mrs. James…