Ringo v. Commonwealth

MILLIKEN, Judge.

In June, 1959, the appellant, Hubert L. Ringo, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the armed robbery of the payroll of the Voght Brothers Manufacturing Company in Louisville in July, 1951. In the intervening years he had been imprisoned in Tennessee. Appellant preferred to represent himself at the trial after he and his lawyer had severed relations, but the trial court appointed counsel for appellant nevertheless. Appointed counsel was confined by appellant to making suggestions during the trial and is not responsible for any technical omissions or oversights…