Hartman v. Commonwealth

HOGG, Judge.

Appellant, Jake Hartman, was jointly indicted with John Doe and Richard Roe in the Bullitt Circuit Court for armed robbery, a crime denounced by KRS 433.140. Upon his separate trial, appellant was convicted and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for and during his natural life.

He seeks a reversal of the judgment upon the following grounds: (1) He was entitled to a directed verdict of not guilty; (2) having been indicted for armed robbery with no accusation that he was an aider or ¿better or accomplice, he should not have been tried on the charge of being an…