Smith v. Commonwealth

VANCE, Justice.

The questions presented by this appeal are: (1) was the evidence sufficient to support the verdict; (2) is a reversal of the judgment required because the jury was permitted to take into the jury room and consider articles which were not admitted in evidence; and (3) must the judgment be reversed because a prosecuting witness was permitted to testify in chief that appellant had previously been convicted of a felony?

Appellant was convicted of first-degree burglary and attempted first-degree rape with sentences fixed by the jury of 15 and 5 years respectively, which were enhanced…