Winn v. Commonwealth

SIMS, Judge.

Appellant, William Clifton Winn, was convicted under the habitual criminal statute KRS 431.190 and was given a life sentence. He assigns five grounds for reversal: 1. The corpus delicti was not proven; 2. incompetent evidence was introduced against him; 3. he was denied the right of cross-examination of a Commonwealth witness; 4. a previous suspended sentence cannot be considered as a prior conviction; S. presenting proof of former convictions denied his right to a trial by an impartial jury.

The indictment charged appellant with grand larceny of 104 cases of whiskey worth $3,950…