Taylor v. Commonwealth

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of shooting and wounding with intent to kill under KRS 435.170 and was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. He had also been charged with being a habitual criminal under KRS 431.190 but the jury failed to find him guilty of this charge. We will take up the alleged errors complained of after a statement of the significant (and practically undisputed) facts.

Appellant was seated in an automobile with a pistol on the front seat when he was approached by a deputy sheriff who had a warrant for his arrest. When advised of this, appellant…