La Vigne v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Chief Justice.

William L. LaVigne was convicted of the crime of armed robbery, KRS 433.150, and sentenced to life imprisonment. We shall refer to him hereinafter as “defendant.” He appeals.

As grounds for reversal he argues (1) that he should have been granted a new trial because of newly discovered evidence ; and (2) that the evidence does not support the conviction because it consists of the uncorroborated testimony of only one witness who identified him as the alleged malefactor.

The Commonwealth’s chief witness was Robert Wind who testified he lived and worked on October 3, 1960, at…