Cotton v. Commonwealth

REED, Judge.

Appellant, Gilbert Cotton, was found guilty by a trial jury of attempted armed robbery (KRS 433.150) of the Fihe-Kupper Pharmacy, Shively, Kentucky, and of the armed robbery (KRS 433.140) of Voelker’s Pharmacy, Louisville, Kentucky. The attempted armed robbery took place at about 9 o’clock one morning and the armed robbery took place later the same day at about 8 o’clock in the evening. Some narcotics were stolen in the course of the armed robbery. Appellant’s punishment was fixed at life imprisonment on both charges. The judgment of conviction directed that the sentences be…