Whitler v. Commonwealth

REYNOLDS, Justice.

Appellant, Ray Charles Whitler, appeals from a judgment convicting him of robbery in the first degree, for which he was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. The sole issue is whether appellant’s motion for a change of venue should have been granted.

On the early evening of February 23, 1988, the appellant, disguised as a young woman and in the company of a juvenile female, knocked on the front door of Harry Baize’s rural residence located in Ohio County. They gained admittance to Baize’s home upon the pretext that they had developed automobile trouble and were given…