Cavins v. Commonwealth

SIMS, Justice.

Appellant, Paul Randall Cavins, a boy 20 years of age, was convicted of robbing his uncle, Lech Cavins, of $290 and his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for three years. He assigns three grounds for reversal of the judgment: 1. the verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence; 2. the verdict is the result of passion and prejudice brought about by incompetent evidence; 3. improper argument by the attorney representing the Commonwealth.

The prosecuting witness, Lech Cavins, 67 years of age, testified that in February *6571953, about 3 o’clock in the…