Sharp v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

Loyd Sharp has appealed from a life sentence imposed on him for robbery accomplished by the use of firearms.

By section 1159, Ky. Stats., the punishment for robbery has for years been fixed at confinement in the penitentiary from two to ten years.

In 1904 the General Assembly fixed the punishment for robbing a bank at from two to twenty years. See chapter 43, Acts 1904, sec. 1159a, Ky. Stats.

In 1934, the General Assembly provided by chapter 52, Acts 1934 (section 1159a Ky. Stats.), that where either of the two above-mentioned forms of robbery…