Williams v. Commonwealth

HOWARD, Judge.

Tommy Lee Williams appeals from a judgment of Jefferson Circuit Court, entered pursuant to a jury verdict, convicting him of first-degree robbery and sentencing him to ten years in the penitentiary.

The issues on appeal are 1) whether a confession made by appellant was spontaneous and voluntary; and 2) whether the trial court complied with statutes and rules governing jury selection.

On August 15, 1985, police officers went to an address in Louisville to execute a warrant for appellant’s arrest on a charge of armed robbery at a grocery store. Upon entering the house, they found…