Hampton v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Latimer

Affirming.

A murder indictment was returned against appellant, Willie Hampton, Irvine Burkhart, and Clarence Bowling. The indictment charged each of the defendants as principal and as accessory, aider and abettor, and also with banding and conspiring together to commit the crime. Upon separate trial appellant was convicted and his punishment fixed at 10 years in the penitentiary. He prosecutes this appeal.

The argument for reversal is based upon the sole proposition that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict and the trial court erred in its…